Mary Anderson (silent film actress)

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Mary Anderson
circa 1921
Born	June 28, 1897(1897-06-28) Brooklyn, New York, USA
Died	June 22, 1986(1986-06-22) (aged 88) El Cajon, California, USA
Years active	1914–1923
Spouse	Pliny Goodfriend (?–1937)

Mary Anderson (28 June 1897 – 22 June 1986) was an American actress, who appeared in 77 silent films between 1914 and 1923.

Career

Anderson was born in Brooklyn, New York, and was educated at Erasmus Hall High School in the same city. Anderson also attended Holy Cross School and made her first appearance in public as a Grecian dancer at charity functions. Anderson had been seen in many productions since the day she first made her bow on the silversheet for the Vitagraph Studios. A popular player, she had probably done her best work in Irvin Willat's feature production, The False Faces (1919), for Ince-Paramount release. Anderson had also made her own production, "Bobbles," which had a splendid reception by the public. She was four feet eleven inches high, weighs one hundred and five pounds, had golden hair and blue eyes, and was an expert swimmer.^[1]

She later worked for Famous Players-Lasky and Canyon Pictures.

Personal life/death

She was daughter of actress Nellie Anderson. She married cinematographer Pliny Goodfriend but they divorced in 1937. She died in El Cajon, California, six days before her 89th birthday.

References

1. ^ Fox, Charles Donald; Milton L. Silver (1920). "Mary Anderson". Who's Who on the Screen. New York City: Ross Publishing. http://silentladies.com/BAndersonMary.html.  (Note: Not currently in copyright)

External links

• Mary Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Mary Anderson at AllRovi

Persondata
Name	Anderson, Mary
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	28 June 1897
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York, USA
Date of death	22 June 1986
Place of death	El Cajon, California, USA