- Mary Howard de Liagre
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Mary Howard de Liagre, née Rogers (born 18 May 1913, Independence, Kansas — died 6 June 2009, New York, New York[1]) was an American actress usually credited as Mary Howard.
During World War II she toured service camps, helped organize the USO in Los Angeles and toured hospitals and camps for servicemen returning from war.[citation needed]
In 1945, she moved to New York and married Alfred de Liagre Jr., a film producer who died in 1987. She was a founding member of Recording for the Blind, and served on the boards of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and the Princess Grace Foundation.
Selected filmography
- Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940, as Ann Rutledge)
- Love Finds Andy Hardy (1938)
- Marie Antoinette (1938)
- The Great Ziegfeld (1936)
- Swamp Water (1941)
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Categories:- 1913 births
- 2009 deaths
- Actors from Kansas
- American film actors
- American humanitarians
- American philanthropists
- American socialites
- People from Montgomery County, Kansas
- People from Manhattan
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