Alice Brady

American actress

Born: November 2, 1892 · Died: October 28, 1939

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Who was Alice Brady?

Alice Brady (born Mary Rose Brady; November 2, 1892 – October 28, 1939) was an American actress of stage and film. Her films include My Man Godfrey (1936), in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago (1938), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress. Mary Rose Brady was born in New York City. Her father, William A. Brady, was of Irish descent and an important theatrical producer. Her mother, French actress Rose Marie René, died in 1896, when Alice Brady was 3 years old. She worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939. In 1960, Brady received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry. Her star is located at 6201 Hollywood Boulevard. Alice was interested at an early age in becoming an actress.

Alice Brady and son, autographed drawing by Manuel Rosenberg for the Cincinnati Post, 1920

Historical significance

She began her career in the theatre in 1911, and her first important success came on Broadway in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original production of Marian de Forest's Little Women. As a screen actress she first appeared in silent films and was one of the few actresses to survive the transition into talkies.

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