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Full Name
  
Mary Rose Brady

Years active
  
1914–1939

Cause of death
  
cancer

Name
  
Alice Brady


Role
  
Actress

Occupation
  
Actress

Children
  
Donald Crane

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Born
  
November 2, 1892 (
1892-11-02
)
New York City, New York, U.S.

Died
  
October 28, 1939, New York City, New York, United States

Spouse
  
James Crane (m. 1919–1922)

Parents
  
William A. Brady, Rose Marie Rene

Movies
  
My Man Godfrey, In Old Chicago, Young Mr Lincoln, The Gay Divorcee, One Hundred Men and

Similar People
  
Gregory La Cava, William A Brady, Mark Sandrich, Eric S Hatch, Henry Koster

Resting place
  
Sleepy Hollow Cemetery

Alice brady an american actress


Alice Brady (born Mary Rose Brady, November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress who began her career in the silent film era and survived the transition into talkies. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she played the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1937) for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

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In 1960, Brady received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the motion picture industry.

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Career

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Mary Rose Brady was born in New York City. Her father, William A. Brady, was an important theatrical producer. Her mother, Rose Marie Rene, died in 1896.

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She was interested at an early age in becoming an actress. She first went on the stage when she was 14 and got her first job on Broadway in 1911 at the age of 18, in a show with which her father was associated. In 1913 she appeared with John Barrymore in A Thief for a Night (adapted by P. G. Wodehouse and playwright John Stapleton from Wodehouse's novel, A Gentleman of Leisure) at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago. She continued to perform on Broadway (often in shows her father produced) consistently for the next 22 years. In 1931 she appeared in the premiere of Eugene O'Neill's Mourning Becomes Electra. Her step-mother was actress Grace George (1879–1961), whom her father married when Alice was a child. Her half-brother was William A. Brady Jr, the son of her father and Grace George.

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Brady's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his World Film Corporation, and Brady soon followed along after him, making her first silent feature appearance in As Ye Sow in 1914. She appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in New York.

In 1923, she stopped appearing in films to concentrate on stage acting, and did not appear on the screen again until 1933, when she made the move to Hollywood and M-G-M's When Ladies Meet become her first talking picture. From then on she worked frequently until her death, making another 25 films in seven years. Her final film was Young Mr. Lincoln (1939).

Personal life

Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced. They co-starred in three silent films together: His Bridal Night (1919), Sinners (1920) and A Dark Lantern (1920). The couple had one child, Donald.

Death

Alice Brady died from cancer on October 28, 1939, five days before her 47th birthday.

Awards

For her portrayal of Mrs. Molly O'Leary — a fictionalized version of Catherine O'Leary – in 1937's In Old Chicago, Brady won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. She had been nominated for the same award the year before as well, for her work in My Man Godfrey.

A long-enduring myth states that at the Academy Award presentation dinner, Brady's Oscar Award, a plaque (statuettes were not awarded for the Supporting categories until 1943) was stolen by a man who came onstage to accept the award on the absent actress's behalf and that it was never recovered, and the impostor was never tracked down. The Academy then issued a replacement plaque which was later presented to Brady.

However, according to press at the time the film’s director, Henry King, accepted on her behalf at the ceremony and friends of Ms. Brady delivered it to her home later that night. Winners are given blank awards at the ceremony and return them to the Academy to have them engraved afterwards. Ms. Brady also followed this practice, which may have led to the story that the Academy was presenting her with a replacement trophy.

Filmography

Actress
1939
Young Mr. Lincoln as
Abigail Clay
1939
Zenobia as
Mrs. Carter
1938
Joy of Living as
Minerva Garret
1938
Goodbye Broadway as
Molly Malloy
1938
In Old Chicago as
Molly O'Leary
1937
Merry-Go-Round of 1938 as
Aunt Hortense
1937
One Hundred Men and a Girl as
Mrs. Frost
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air as
Mme. Sonia Moro
1937
Call It a Day as
Muriel West
1937
Mama Steps Out as
Ada Cuppy
1936
Three Smart Girls as
Mrs. Lyons
1936
Mind Your Own Business as
Melba Shanks
1936
Go West Young Man as
Mrs. Struthers
1936
My Man Godfrey as
Angelica Bullock
1936
The Harvester as
Mrs. Biddle
1935
Metropolitan as
Ghita Galin
1935
Lady Tubbs as
Henrietta Tubbs
1935
Let 'em Have It as
Aunt Ethel
1935
Gold Diggers of 1935 as
Mrs. Prentiss
1934
The Gay Divorcee as
Aunt Hortense
1934
Miss Fane's Baby Is Stolen as
Molly Prentiss
1933
Should Ladies Behave as
Laura Merrick
1933
Stage Mother as
Kitty Lorraine
1933
Beauty for Sale as
Mrs. Henrietta Sherwood
1933
Broadway to Hollywood as
Lulu Hackett
1933
When Ladies Meet as
Bridget Drake
1923
The Snow Bride as
Annette Leroux
1923
The Leopardess as
Tiare
1922
Anna Ascends as
Anna Ayyob
1922
Missing Millions as
Mary Dawson
1921
Hush Money as
Evelyn Murray
1921
Dawn of the East as
Countess Natalya
1921
Little Italy as
Rosa Mascani
1921
The Land of Hope as
Marya Nisko
1921
Out of the Chorus as
Florence Maddis
1920
The New York Idea as
Cynthia Karslake
1920
A Dark Lantern as
Katherine Dereham
1920
Sinners as
Mary Horton
1920
The Fear Market as
Sylvia Stone
1919
His Bridal Night as
Vi / Tiny Playfair (twins)
1919
The Redhead as
Dazil Mellows
1919
Marie, Ltd. as
Drina Hilliard
1919
The World to Live In as
Rita Charles
1919
The End of the Road
1919
The Indestructible Wife as
Charlotte Ordway
1918
In the Hollow of Her Hand as
Hetty Castleton
1918
Her Great Chance as
Lola Gray
1918
The Better Half as
Louise / Beatrix Thorley (twins)
1918
The Death Dance as
Flora Farnsworth
1918
The Whirlpool as
Isabele Corbyn, aka Bella Cavello
1918
The Ordeal of Rosetta as
Rosetta / Lola Gelardi (twins)
1918
At the Mercy of Men as
Vera Souroff
1918
The Trap as
Doris Shaw
1918
The Spurs of Sybil as
Sybil Drew
1918
The Knife as
Kate Tarleton
1918
Woman and Wife as
Jane Eyre
1917
Her Silent Sacrifice as
Arlette
1917
A Maid of Belgium as
Adoree
1917
Betsy Ross as
Betsy Griscom
1917
A Self-Made Widow as
Sylvia
1917
The Divorce Game as
Florence, Viscountess de Sallure
1917
Maternity as
Ellen Franklin
1917
Darkest Russia as
Ilda Barosky
1917
The Dancer's Peril as
Mother / Daughter
1917
A Hungry Heart as
Frou Frou (Gilberte Brigarde)
1917
A Woman Alone as
Nellie Waldron
1916
The Rack as
Mrs. Gordon
1916
Bought and Paid For as
Vivian Blaine
1916
The Gilded Cage as
Princess Honore
1916
Miss Petticoats as
Miss Petticoats
1916
La vie de Bohème as
Mimi
1916
Tangled Fates as
Jane Lawson
1916
Then I'll Come Back to You as
Barbara Allison
1916
The Woman in 47 as
Viola Donizetti
1916
The Ballet Girl as
Jenny Pearl
1915
The Lure of Woman as
Katie O'Day
1915
The Cup of Chance (Short) as
Hope
1915
The Boss as
Emily Griswold
1914
As Ye Sow as
Dora Leland
Soundtrack
1938
In Old Chicago (performer: "Sweet Genevieve" (1869), "The Irish Washerwoman" - uncredited)
1937
Mr. Dodd Takes the Air (performer: "O Mio Fernando" - uncredited)
1935
Metropolitan (performer: "Gypsy Song" - uncredited)
1933
Should Ladies Behave ("Lovely Lady")
1933
Stage Mother (performer: "Any Little Girl, That's a Nice Little Girl, Is the Right Little Girl for Me")
1933
Broadway to Hollywood (performer: "We Are the Two Hacketts" (1933) - uncredited)
Self
1937
Breakdowns of 1937 (Short) as
Self
1922
A Trip to Paramountown (Documentary short) as
Self
1920
Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 14 (Documentary short) as
Self
1918
Alice Brady in a Liberty Loan Appeal (Short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2019
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Young Mr Lincoln de John Ford (2019)
2019
Voices in the Labyrinth (Short)
1999
Biography (TV Series documentary) as
Self / Molly O'Leary
- Carole Lombard: Hollywood's Profane Angel (2001) - Self
- Don Ameche: Hollywood's Class Act (1999) - Molly O'Leary (uncredited)
2000
Boom! Hollywood's Greatest Disaster Movies (Video documentary)
1986
The Laurel and Hardy Show (TV Series) as
Emily Carter (1986)
1982
Henry Fonda: The Man and His Movies (TV Movie documentary) as
Abigail Clay (uncredited)
1941
Screen Snapshots Series 21, No. 2 (Short)

References

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