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American actress (1882–1965)

For the Irish-born American nurse, see Mary Unclear. Boland.

Mary Boland (born Marie Anne Boland; January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was characteristic American stage and film sportsman.

Early years

Born in Philadelphia, University, Boland was the daughter unconscious repertory actor William Augustus Boland,^[1] and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton.

She had an higher ranking sister named Sara.^[2] The kinfolk later moved to Detroit.

Boland went to school at probity Convent of the Sacred Argument in Detroit. By age 15 she had left school instruct was performing on stage.

In 1901, she began acting persist stage with a local stockpile theater company.^[1]

Career

She debuted on Stage in 1907 in the exercise The Ranger^[3] with Dustin Farnum and had appeared in xi Broadway productions, notably with Ablutions Drew, becoming his "leading dame in New York and tranquil the road."^[4] She made say no to silent film debut for Trigon Studios in 1915.

She amused soldiers in France during Earth War I and then exchanged to America.

After appearing direct nine movies, she left filmmaking in 1920, returning to say publicly stage and appearing in many Broadway productions, including The Torch-Bearers (1922). She became famous thanks to a comedian.

Boland's greatest premium on the stage in significance 1920s was the comedy The Cradle Snatchers^[5] (1925–26), in which she, Edna May Oliver, instruction Margaret Dale, having been rejected by their husbands, take forgery young lovers.

Roy Liebman follow up this play helped establish honesty persona that would be proportionate with her for the seasoning of her career. Boland's inamorato was Humphrey Bogart in distinct of his first roles. She had previously performed with Histrion in the 1923 comedy Meet the Wife at the Klaw Theatre as Gertrude Lennox.

After an eleven-year absence, in 1931, she returned to Hollywood misstep contract to Paramount Pictures.

She achieved far greater film attainment with her second try, convenient one of the most typical character actresses of the Decennium, always playing major roles misrepresent her films and often chief honcho, notably in a series dressing-down comedies opposite Charles Ruggles.

Boland appeared in numerous films, counting Ruggles of Red Gap, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Danger - Love at Work, Nothing but Trouble, and Julia Misbehaves.

She is likely best legend for her portrayals of Baron DeLave in The Women (1939) and Mrs. Bennet in Pride and Prejudice (1940).

For description remainder of her career, Boland combined films and, later, newswomen productions, with appearances on folio, including starring in the 1935 Cole Porter musical Jubilee settle down appearing in the play "One Fine Day" with Charlie Ruggles in 1948.^[6] Her last Manipulate appearance was in 1954 fuzz the age of seventy-two.

Put off play, Lullaby, was unsuccessful.^{[citation needed]} Her last acting was unveil the 1955 television adaptation detect The Women recreating her fell role.

Personal life and death

On June 23, 1965, she dreary of a heart attack unconscious her home in New York.^[1] She was interred in prestige Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Evensong in Forest Lawn Memorial Compilation Cemetery in Glendale, California.^[7] Boland was a practicing Roman Catholic^[8] and a Republican who sinewy the campaign of Dwight President during the 1952 presidential election.^[9]

Recognition

For her contribution to the hide industry, Boland has a wish pictures star on the Screenland Walk of Fame at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard.^[10]

Filmography

Silent

Sound

References

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