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| Born | Aline Laveen MacMahon May 3, 1899 McKeesport, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | October 12, 1991 (aged 92) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Years active | 1931–1975 |
| Spouse(s) | Clarence Stein (1928–1975) (his death) |
Aline MacMahon (May 3, 1899 – October 12, 1991) was an American actress.
MacMahon's career began in theatre during the 1920s, and she worked extensively in film and television, until her retirement in the mid 1970s.
She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her performance in Dragon Seed (1944).
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MacMahon was born Aline Laveen MacMahon to William M. MacMahon and Jennie C. Simon of Irish and Russian Jewish descent in McKeesport, Pennsylvania.
According to the 1910 United States Federal Census for Brooklyn, New York, her father, William, was born in 1878 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania to an Irish-born father, whose occupation was a telegraph operator. Her mother, Jennie, was born in 1879 in Russia of Jewish origin; she died in 1984, at the age of 105.[1] Her parents married on July 14, 1898 in Columbus, Ohio. Aline MacMahon was raised in New York City and educated at Erasmus Hall High School and Barnard College.
MacMahon began appearing on Broadway in the early 1920s. Her first film role was in 1931 in Five Star Final, but she alternated between Broadway and Hollywood throughout her career.
In 1944 MacMahon appeared in the film Dragon Seed, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Other films include the film version of Sinclair Lewis's novel Babbitt (1934), Gold Diggers of 1933 (1933), The Life of Jimmy Dolan, Ah, Wilderness! (1935), When You're in Love (1937), The Search (1948), Roseanna McCoy (1949), The Flame and the Arrow (1950), All the Way Home (1961), The Young Doctors (1963), and I Could Go On Singing (1963).
MacMahon was married to Clarence Stein, the planner and architect, and founder of the Regional Planning Association, from 1928 until his death in 1975. They had no children.
MacMahon died at the age of 92 of pneumonia in New York City.
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The 1910 United States Federal Census for Brooklyn, New York, April 16, 1910, Enumeration District 1409, Sheet 5.
The 1920 United States Federal Census for Manhattan Assembly District 13, January 25, 1920, Enumeration District 943, Sheet 9A.
U.S. Passport Applications 1795–1925, Roll 1533-6376-6749, 19 March 1921-21 March 1921, Ancestry.com.
Social Security Index, (Jennie C. MacMahon) Ancestry.com.
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