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person_profile-Mary Duncan

Mary Duncan Died at age: 97

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Mary Duncan

Date of Birth:

Aug 12, 1895

Country of birth:

USA

Died:

May 09, 1993

Biography of

Mary Duncan

    From Wikipedia

    Mary Duncan (August 13, 1895 – May 9, 1993) was an American actress.

    Mary Duncan was born in Northumberland county, Virginia, the sixth of eight children born to Capt. William "Bill" Dungan and his wife, the former Ada Thaddeus Douglass. She attended Cornell University before settling on acting as a career.

    She began her career as a child actress playing on the Broadway stage from 1910. In 1926 she played the daughter "Poppy" in the smash hit and controversial play The Shanghai Gesture. Florence Reed played her mother called Mother Goddam in which Reed kills Duncan in a startling end to the play. This play was turned into a very sanitized film in 1941 with Gene Tierney.

    She met and married Stephen "Laddie" Sanford, who was an international polo player as well as director of the Bigelow-Sanford Carpet Company, in 1933, after which she retired from films. They remained married until his death in 1977. She spent much of her remaining years working with several major charities.

    Her last film appearance was with Katharine Hepburn in the 1933 film Morning Glory.

    She kept herself active by playing golf twice a week and swimming every morning before breakfast, which helped her maintain her size 8 figure. As an actress, she had followed the ministrations of Sylvia of Hollywood to keep her shape.

    Mary Duncan died in her sleep aged 97. She was survived by a niece and great-niece, and she was the last known person to have in her possession a copy of the lost Murnau film 4 Devils; Martin Koerber, curator of Deutsche Kinemathek, has speculated that her heirs may still have the valuable print somewhere.

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Mary Duncan

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Filmography of

Mary Duncan

Found 16 Movies in total

Morning Glory

Rita Vernon ( Actor )

... 1933

The Phantom of Crestwood

Dorothy Mears ( Actor )

... 1932

Thirteen Women

June Raskob ( Actor )

... 1932

State's Attorney

Nora Dean ( Actor )

... 1932

The Age for Love

Nina Donnet ( Actor )

... 1931

Five and Ten

Muriel Preston ( Actor )

... 1931

Men Call It Love

Helen ( Actor )

... 1931

The Boudoir Diplomat

Mona ( Actor )

... 1930

Kismet

Zeleekha ( Actor )

... 1930

City Girl

Kate ( Actor )

... 1930

Romance of the Rio Grande

Carlotta ( Actor )

... 1929

The River

Rosalee ( Actor )

... 1929

Thru Different Eyes

Viola ( Actor )

... 1929

4 Devils

The Lady ( Actor )

... 1928

Soft Living

Lorna Estabrook ( Actor )

... 1928

Very Confidential

Priscilla Travers ( Actor )

... 1927