Mae Marsh

Biography

Mae Marsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1894 – February 13, 1968) was an American film actress with a career spanning over 50 years.

Career Overview

Mae Marsh has 146 screen credits in a career dating back to 1910. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Demetrius Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include The Birth of a Nation, Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages, The Battle at Elderbush Gulch. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

female

Known Credits

146

Birth Date

1894-11-07 00:00:00

Birth Place

Madrid, New Mexico Territory , USA

Known For

• 

  The Birth of a Nation
• 

  Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages
• 

  The Battle at Elderbush Gulch
• 

  Over the Hill
• 

  Tides of Passion
• 

  Arabella

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Demetrius Collection (1 titles)
• The Flicka Collection (1 titles)
• Michael Shayne Collection (1 titles)
• The Rat Trilogy (1 titles)
• The Life of a Nation Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Lillian Gish (3 collaborations)
• Robert Harron (3 collaborations)
• Jennie Lee (3 collaborations)
• Henry B. Walthall (2 collaborations)
• Miriam Cooper (2 collaborations)
• Mary Alden (2 collaborations)
• Ralph Lewis (2 collaborations)
• George Siegmann (2 collaborations)
• Walter Long (2 collaborations)
• Wallace Reid (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (146 credits)

  • I Am Not a Racist

    Flora (archive footage) (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    2019
  • The Making of 'The Birth of a Nation'

    Self (Archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1993
  • Black Shadows on a Silver Screen

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1975
  • Cheyenne Autumn

    Woman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Donovan's Reef

    Family Council Member (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Two Rode Together

    Hanna Clegg (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • Sergeant Rutledge

    Mrs. Nellie Hackett (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1960
  • Bonanza

    - The Phillip Diedesheimer Story (1959) ... Mary actor actors
    1959
  • The Last Hurrah

    Mourner at Wake (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1958
  • The Wings of Eagles

    Nurse Crumley (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1957
  • Wagon Train

    - The Colter Craven Story (1960) ... Mrs. Jesse Grant actor actors
    1957
  • Julie

    Hysterical Passenger

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Girls in Prison

    'Grandma' Edwards

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • The Searchers

    Dark Cloaked Woman at Fort Guarding Deranged Woman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • While the City Sleeps

    Mrs. Manners

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • Hell on Frisco Bay

    Mrs. Cobb, Steve's Landlady (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • The Tall Men

    Emigrant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • Prince of Players

    Witch in 'Macbeth' (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1955
  • A Star Is Born

    Malibu Party Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • The Robe

    Jerusalem Woman Aiding Demetrius (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • A Blueprint for Murder

    Anna Swenson (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Sun Shines Bright

    GAR Woman at the Ball

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Titanic

    Woman to Whom Norman Gave His Seat (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • The Quiet Man

    Father Paul's Mother (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1952
  • My Blue Heaven

    Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • The Gunfighter

    Mrs. O'Brien (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • When Willie Comes Marching Home

    Mrs. Clara Fettles (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1950
  • Everybody Does It

    Harris

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • The Fighting Kentuckian

    Sister Hattie

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • It Happens Every Spring

    Greenleaf's Maid (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Impact

    Mrs. King

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • A Letter to Three Wives

    Miss Jenkins (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • 3 Godfathers

    Mrs. Perley Sweet

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Deep Waters

    Molly Thatcher

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Green Grass of Wyoming

    Race Spectator (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Fort Apache

    Mrs. Gates

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Daisy Kenyon

    Woman Leaving Apartment (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Thunder in the Valley

    Flower Vendor

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Mother Wore Tights

    Resort Guest (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Miracle on 34th Street

    Woman in Santa Line (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • My Darling Clementine

    Simpson's Sister (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Smoky

    Woman Watching Parade (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Leave Her to Heaven

    Fisherwoman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • A Tree Grows in Brooklyn

    Tynmore Sister (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Jane Eyre

    Leah (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Song of Bernadette

    Madame Blanche - Townswoman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Quiet Please, Murder

    Miss Hartwig

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Moon Is Down

    Villager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Dixie Dugan

    Mrs. Sloan

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Meanest Man in the World

    Old Lady (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • The Man in the Trunk

    Mrs. Inge (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • It's Everybody's War

    Mrs. Stone (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • The Loves of Edgar Allan Poe

    Mrs. Phillips (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Just Off Broadway

    Autograph Seeker (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Tales of Manhattan

    Molly

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • It Happened in Flatbush

    Aunt Mae (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake

    Mrs. Purdy (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Blue, White and Perfect

    Mrs. Bertha Toby

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Remember the Day

    Teacher

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Swamp Water

    Mrs. McCord (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Great Guns

    Aunt Martha

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Belle Starr

    Preacher's Wife (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • For Beauty's Sake

    Night Manager (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Tobacco Road

    County Clerk's Assistant (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Young People

    Maria Liggett

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Grapes of Wrath

    Muley's Wife (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Man Who Wouldn't Talk

    Mrs. Stetson

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Swanee River

    Mrs. Jonathan Fry (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Drums Along the Mohawk

    Pioneer Woman (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Heaven with a Barbed Wire Fence

    Extra as Empire State Building Tourist

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Hollywood Boulevard

    Carlotta Blakeford

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Black Fury

    Mrs. Mary Novak

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Little Man, What Now?

    His Wife

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Alice in Wonderland

    Sheep

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • That's My Boy

    Mother Scott

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm

    Aunt Jane

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • The Movie Album

    (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Over the Hill

    Ma Shelby

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Life in Hollywood No. 4

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • The Rat

    Odile Etrange

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Tides of Passion

    Charity

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • Arabella

    Arabella

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • Daddies

    Ruth Atkins

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The White Rose

    Bessie

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Paddy The Next Best Thing

    Paddy Adair

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Flames of Passion

    Dorothy Hawke

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Till We Meet Again

    Marion Bates

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • Nobody's Kid

    actor

    actors
    1921
  • The Little 'Fraid Lady

    Cecilia Carne

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Mother and the Law

    The Little Dear One

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • Spotlight Sadie

    Sadie Sullivan

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Bondage of Barbara

    Barbara Grey

    actor

    actors
    1919
  • The Racing Strain

    Lucille Cameron

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • Stake Uncle Sam to Play Your Hand

    Belgian Girl

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • All Woman

    Susan Sweeney

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Face in the Dark

    Jane Ridgeway

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Beloved Traitor

    Mary Garland

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Cinderella Man

    Marjorie Caner

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Sunshine Alley

    Nell

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Polly of the Circus

    Polly

    actor

    actors
    1917
  • Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages

    The Dear One (Modern Story)

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Marriage of Molly-O

    Molly-O

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • A Wild Girl of the Sierras

    The Wild Girl

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • A Child of the Paris Streets

    Julie / the Child-Wife

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Hoodoo Ann

    Hoodoo Ann

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • The Birth of a Nation

    Flora Cameron

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • His Lesson

    Participant in Mob Scene (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Avenging Conscience

    The Maid

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Moonshine Molly

    Molly Boone

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Escape

    Jennie Joyce

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Home, Sweet Home

    Apple Pie Mary Smith

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Life of General Villa

    American lover

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Brute Force

    Lilywhite

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • Judith of Bethulia

    Naomi

    actor

    actors
    1914
  • The Battle at Elderbush Gulch

    Sally Cameron

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • By Man's Law

    Ann Calvert - Sister Owner

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • For the Son of the House

    The Young Woman

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Reformers

    The Daughter

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • His Mother's Son

    The Daughter

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Wanderer

    The Other Parents' Daughter, as an Adult

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Little Tease

    The Little Tease, as an Adult

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Perfidy of Mary

    Mary

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Fate

    Mother, Loving Family

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Near To Earth

    One of Gato's Sweetheart's Friends

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Broken Ways

    Undetermined Secondary Role (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Love in an Apartment Hotel

    Angelina Millingford - a Maid

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Tender Hearted Boy

    The Tender-Hearted Boy's Sweetheart

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • An Adventure in the Autumn Woods

    The Girl

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The Telephone Girl and the Lady

    The Telephone Girl

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • Three Friends

    The Wife's Friend

    actor

    actors
    1913
  • The New York Hat

    A Town Gossip

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Brutality

    The Young Woman

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Two Daughters of Eve

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Man's Genesis

    Lillywhite

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The School Teacher and the Waif

    Schoolgirl

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Lena and the Geese

    The 'Adopted' Daughter

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Temporary Truce

    A Murdered Settler (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Home Folks

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Beast at Bay

    The Young Woman's Friend

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Lodging for the Night

    First Mexican Couple - the Woman

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Old Actor

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Lesser Evil

    The Young Woman's Companion

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • A Voice from the Deep

    On Beach

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • The Sands of Dee

    Mary

    actor

    actors
    1912
  • Fighting Blood

    actor

    actors
    1911
  • Ramona

    actor

    actors
    1910