Mae was born on 9th November 1895 as Mary Wayne Marsh, in Madrid, New Mexico.
Mae was usually cast in the tragic and/or dramatic role; her physical expression of sadness, pain, anxiety, etc, and her very manner and movement gave here a unique screen presence.
The MaeMarsh heroine is fragile in appearance, or was in her early days, but she has also been called 'helpless', and she was never that.
Marsh's father died in 1899, and her family lost everything in the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, so the family (mother, five daughters and one son) moved to Hollywood.
Marsh's talent could not be denied after her performances as the Little Sister in "The Birth of a Nation" (1915) and as Robert Harron's newlywed wife in "Intolerance." Marsh made six more films for Triangle, none directed by Griffith.
Unfortunately, the stock market crash of 1929 was devastating for Marsh and her family, and she returned to acting in small roles during the 1930's.
According to Mae, it was on January 8, 1912, that she and her sister first walked into the West Coast Studios of the Biograph Company.
Mae's performance, and willingness to do the role despite the unusual costume, won her the highly coveted part of The Sands of Dee, also released in 1912.
Mae continued to make films for minor companies, including Daddies, directed by William A. Seiter in 1924, a film that made little use of her talents.
American actressMaeMarsh was the daughter of an auditor for the Santa Fe railroad - and as such, she and her family moved around quite a bit during Marsh's childhood.
After her father died and her stepfather was killed in the San Francisco earthquake, she was taken to Los Angeles by her great aunt, a one-time chorus girl who'd become a New York actress.
Marsh followed her aunt's footsteps by securing film work with Mack Sennett and D.W. Griffith; it was Griffith, the foremost film director of the early silent period, who first spotted potential in young Miss Marsh.
MaeMarsh was the most unlikely and unpreposessing of silent stars; it almost seems that she was discovered by accident.
She was considered plain, with hair of a nondescript color, and freckles, but she stood out to pioneer film director D.W. Griffith, and became one of his top leading actresses, along with Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford.
Born Mary Wayne Marsh in Madrid, New Mexico Territory, on 9 November1895, to a railroad auditor and his wife; her father died when she was only four years old.
MaeMarsh (born Mary Wayne Marsh, November 9, 1895 in Madrid, New Mexico, died February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach, California) was an American filmactress with a career spanning over 50 years.
Marsh's last notable starring role was as a flapper for Griffith in The White Rose in 1923 with Ivor Novello and Carol Dempster.
Marsh appeared in numerous memorable films, such as Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (1932).
The actress got her first big break appearing as a stone-age maiden in Man's Genesis (1911), after Mary Pickford refused to play the part because it called for bare legs.
Marsh's career went on a downhill slide in the '20s due to poor management and second-rate films, but she managed to score a personal triumph as the long-suffering heroine of the 1931 talkie tear-jerker Over the Hill.
When asked in the '60s why she didn't lobby for larger roles, MaeMarsh replied simply that "I didn't care to get up every morning at five o'clock to be at the studio by seven." ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
Marjorie Rosen similarly comments on Griffith's "nymphophilia," citing his insistence that MaeMarsh appear with limbs exposed in The Sands of Dee, and that another actress forego panties to enhance her sex appeal.
He deluged MaeMarsh with so many letters that it caused her some anxiety and concern, even becoming fearful of receiving 'normal' fan mail, which was usually screened first by Miss Loos.
His attempts to convince Miss Marsh to return with him to his home in Springfield were, not surprisingly, unsuccessful.
MaeMarsh kam 1906 nach Los Angeles und ging dort aufs Konvent.
In den folgenden Jahren wurde MaeMarsh zum Bestandteil des Schauspielerstarensembles der American Biograph um Mary Pickford, Blanche Sweet, Lionel Barrymore, Lillian Gish, Henry B. Walthall, Donald Crisp und Robert Harron.
Beide Rollen gehören zu den überzeugendsten schauspielerischen Darstellungen von MaeMarsh.
Born November 09, 1895 - American actressMaeMarsh was the daughter of an auditor for the Santa Fe railroad - and as such, she and her family moved around quite a bit during Marsh's childhood.
After her father died and her stepfather was killed in the San Francisco earthquake, she was taken to Los Angeles by her great aunt, a one-time chorus girl who'd become a New York a...
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