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Aline MacMahon (May 3, 1899-October 12, 1991) was an Oscar-nominated American actress.

Early life

MacMahon was born Aline Laveen MacMahon in the Pittsburgh suburb of McKeesport, Pennsylvania; her family was Jewish [1] and the origin of their surname, "MacMahon", is unclear. She was raised in New York City and educated at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn, New York and at Barnard College in New York, New York.

Asked how to say her surname, she told The Literary Digest it was mack-MAN. (Charles Earle Funk, What's the Name, Please?, Funk & Wagnalls, 1936.)

Career

MacMahon began appearing on Broadway in the early 1920s. Her first film role was in 1931 in Five Star Final, but she jumped back and forth between Broadway and Hollywood throughout her career.

In 1944 MacMahon appeared in the film Dragon Seed. She was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for the role. Other films included Babbitt, Gold Diggers of 1933, The Life of Jimmy Dolan, Ah, Wilderness!, The Flame and the Arrow, All the Way Home, and The Young Doctors.

Death

MacMahon died at the age of 92 of pneumonia in New York, New York. She was survived by her husband, Clarence Stein, but they had no children.

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