Mary Carr
American actress (1874-1973) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 99
Mary Carr was an American film actress, both in the silent and sound era of film. She appeared in more than 140 films from 1915 to 1956, and was given some of filmdoms plum mother roles in silent pictures, especially Fox's 1920 Over the Hill to the Poorhouse, which was a great success.
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Friendly PersuasionFilm, Emma - Quaker Woman (uncredited)1946
Devil MonsterFilm, Mother of Jose1940
Haunted HouseFilm, Grandma1939
East Side of HeavenFilm, Mrs. James Travers (uncredited)1936
Postal InspectorFilm, Mrs. John Mead (uncredited)1935
Go Into Your DanceFilm, Wardrobe Mistress1933
Flying DevilsFilm, Mrs. Murray1932
Forbidden TrailFilm, Mrs. Middleton1930
Hot CurvesFilm, 'Grandma' Dolan1929
Sailor's HolidayFilm, Mrs. Pike1927
The Fourth CommandmentFilm, Mrs. Graham1925
A Slave of FashionFilm, Mother Emerson1919
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage PatchFilm, Mrs. Nancy Wiggs1918
The Birth of a RaceFilm, Mrs. O'Brien1874Born14 March 1874Known for
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The Shop Around the Corner 1940
Pack Up Your Troubles 1932
Friendly Persuasion 1956
The Wizard of Oz 1925
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Tom Terriss Directed The Lion and the Mouse (1919)
Ernst Lubitsch Produced The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
William Fox Produced Silver Wings (1922)
Adolph Zukor Produced Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch (1919)
Hal Roach Produced Pack Up Your Troubles and One Good Turn
Dorothy Davenport Directed The Red Kimono (1925)
Bryan Foy Directed Lights of New York (1928)
Siegmund Lubin Produced The Light at Dusk (1916)
William LeBaron Produced Kept Husbands and Second Wife
Oliver Hardy Also in Pack Up Your Troubles and One Good Turn
Larry Semon Directed The Wizard of Oz (1925)
Jimmy Finlayson Also in One Good Turn (1931)
Walter Lang Directed The Red Kimono (1925)
Alice Joyce Also in The Lion and the Mouse (1919)
Virginia Pearson Also in The Wizard of Oz and The Red Kimono
Lew Cody Also in Stout Hearts and Willing Hands (1931)
Rex Lease Also in The Utah Kid and Eagle Squadron
Emory Johnson Directed The Spirit of the USA (1924)
Theodore von Eltz Also in The Red Kimono and Change of Heart
Edgar Lewis Directed The Light at Dusk (1916)
Freeman Wood Also in Ladies in Love and Kept Husbands
Johnnie Walker Also in Over the Hill to the Poorhouse (1920)
David Butler Directed Just Imagine (1930)
John G. Blystone Directed Change of Heart (1934)
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Carr bore a strong resemblance to Lucy Beaumont, another famous character actress of the time who specialized in maternal roles. As older actresses such as Mary Maurice and Anna Townsend passed on, Carr, still in her forties, seemed to inherit all the matriarchal roles in silent films.
