Biography
Mary Maurice (November 15, 1844 – April 30, 1918) was an American actress who appeared in 139 films between 1909 and 1918. Maurice was born on November 15, 1844, in Morristown, Ohio. Originally a schoolteacher, during her long stage career, she appeared in support of Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, Joseph Jefferson, and Helena Modjeska; her last engagement was with Robert B. Mantell. She did not mind admitting that she was past sixty, but she had the heart of youth and was the best-loved of screen mothers. In a 1914 interview, she reflected on the great technological change ushered in by motion pictures, saying that it "[seemed] to be the most wonderful thing in the world that I, at my age, should be at the vanguard of my profession." She played in both The Goddess and The Battle Cry of Peace.
She, Russell Bassett, Sarah Bernhardt, W. Chrystie Miller, Ruby Lafayette, Kate Meek (b. 1838), the veteran character actor Matt B. Snyder and Harold Lloyd regular Anna Townsend were the eight oldest people working in film during the 1910s. She stayed with Vitagraph as a "mother lady".
She died April 30, 1918, in Port Carbon, Pennsylvania at the age of 73.
Filmography
all 55
Movies 55
Over the Top (1918)
Who Goes There? (1917)
Transgression (1917)
Mary Jane's Pa (1917)
Womanhood, the Glory of the Nation (1917)
The Mainspring (1916)
The Price of Fame (1916)
Black Friday (1916)
Phantom Fortunes (1916)
The Redemption of Dave Darcey (1916)
A Keyboard Strategy (1915)
The Battle Cry of Peace (1915)
The Return of Maurice Donnelly (1915)
Twice Rescued (1915)
A Madcap Adventure (1915)
Mother's Roses (1915)
Wanted, a Nurse (1915)
The Greater Love (1914)
The Apple (1914)
The Helpful (?) Sisterhood (1914)
The Portrait (1914)
A Pair of Frauds (1914)
In the Shadow (1913)
The Tiger (1913)
Tricks of the Trade (1913)
The Modern Prodigal (1913)
The Locket; or, When She Was Twenty (1913)
In the Garden Fair (1912)
Mrs Lirriper’s Lodgers (1912)
Saving an Audience (1912)
Her Grandchild (1912)
The Cross Roads (1912)
Conscience (1912)
An Eventful Elopement (1912)
The Picture Idol (1912)
Aunty's Romance (1912)
The Seventh Son (1912)
The Firing of the Patchwork Quilt (1912)
Her Boy (1912)
The Younger Brother (1911)
War (1911)
The Life Boat (1911)
Treasure Trove (1911)
A Quaker Mother (1911)
The Sleep Walker (1911)
The Sacrifice (1911)
His Mother (1911)
A Dixie Mother (1910)
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GenderFemale
Birthday1844-11-15
Deathday1918-04-30 (73 years old)
Birth PlaceMorristown, United States
CitizenshipsUnited States
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