Molly 'Ma' Wallace — Red Lights Ahead Character Profile

About Molly 'Ma' Wallace

The family matriarch who manages finances and cares for her children. She attempts to keep everyone grounded but is devastated when her home is secretly mortgaged to fund the fraudulent gold mine stocks.

Character Facts

Played by

Lucile Gleason

Appears in

Red Lights Ahead (1936)

Role

Supporting

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• Mary Wallace (Ann Doran)
• Willie Wallace (Frank Coghlan Jr.)
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• Franklin Q. Whitney (Sam Flint)
• Edna Wallace (Paula Stone)
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• Perkins (Herbert Clifton)