- Born Name: Marie Anne Boland
- Birthday: 1882-01-28 (Year-Month-Day)
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Mary Boland, Mary Boland (January 28, 1882 – June 23, 1965) was an American stage and film actress.CareerBorn Marie Anne Boland in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the daughter of William Boland, an actor, and his wife Mary Cecilia Hatton. She had an older sister named Sara.Boland originally was in a convent but left and was performing on stage by the age of fifteen. She debuted on Broadway in 1907 in the play The Ranger with Dustin Farnum and had appeared in eleven Broadway productions, notably with John Drew, before making her silent film debut for Triangle Studios in 1915. She entertained soldiers in France during World War One then returned to America. After appearing in nine movies, she left filmmaking in 1920, returning to the stage and appearing in a number of Broadway productions. She became famous as a comedienne.Mary Boland (c. 1915) during her tenure in silent filmsBolands greatest success on the stage in the 1920s was the comedy The Cradle Snatchers (1925–26), in which she, Edna May Oliver, and Margaret Dale, having been abandoned by their husbands, take on young lovers. Bolands paramour was Humphrey Bogart in one of his first roles.After an eleven year absence, in 1931 she returned to Hollywood under contract to Paramount Pictures. She achieved far greater film success with her second try, becoming one of the 1930s most popular character actresses, always playing major roles in her films and often starring, notably in a series of comedies opposite Charles Ruggles.Boland appeared in numerous films, including Ruggles of Red Gap, The Big Broadcast of 1936, Danger - Love at Work, Nothing but Trouble, and Julia Misbehaves. She is likely best remembered for her portrayals of Countess DeLave in The Women (1939) and Mrs. Bennett in Pride and Prejudice (1940).For the remainder of her career, Boland combined films and, later television productions, with appearances onstage (including starring in the 1935 Cole Porter musical Jubilee), making her last Broadway appearance in 1954 at the age of seventy-two. That play, Lullaby, was not a success. Her last acting was done in the 1955 television adaptation of The Women recreating her film role.Boland never married or had children. She died of a heart attack and was interred in the Great Mausoleum, Sanctuary of Vespers in Forest Lawn Memorial Park Cemetery in Glendale, California. For her contribution to the motion picture industry, she has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6150 Hollywood Boulevard.References^ Alt Film Guide Claudette Colbert: James Robert Parish Discusses the Legendary Paramount StarExternal linksBiography portalWikimedia Commons has media related to: Mary BolandMary Boland at the Internet Broadway DatabaseMary Boland at the Internet Movie DatabaseMary Boland at AllmovieMary Boland at Find a GraveNew York Public Library collection of Mary Boland photographs.Boland and costars from The WomenMary on the cover of The Theater magazine in the 1910 play Smith costarring John DrewMary Boland portrait gallery Univ of Washington Sayre collection (enter her name)Mary Boland along with several other actors on Orson Welless Radio Almanac 1944young beautiful Mary BolandPersondataNameBoland, MaryAlternative namesBoland, Marie AnneShort descriptionActressDate of birthJanuary 28, 1880Place of birthPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.Date of deathJune 23, 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