Mary Nash(1884-1976)
- Actress
- Soundtrack
When her Hollywood career began in 1934, Mary Nash was already a
veteran performer, having appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway.
Following a brief appearance as a dancer in 1904, she joined
Ethel Barrymore in a 1905 off- Broadway
production,
'Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire'. This was followed by 'Captain
Jinks' and 'The Silver Box' with the same company, and in 1915 she
acted in George Bernard Shaw's
play 'Major Barbara' at the Playhouse Theatre. The versatile actress
was as adept at comedy
('Captain Applejack',1921-22) as she was in drama (Cassie in
'Uncle Tom's Cabin,1933).
She is best remembered on screen for being nasty to Shirley Temple
in Heidi (1937) and
The Little Princess (1939),
and for playing Katharine Hepburn's
elegant and proper society mother in
The Philadelphia Story (1940).
In addition, she gave excellent value-for-money in the role of Emma
Louise in Come and Get It (1936)
and as the ill-fated queen in the technicolor adventure
Cobra Woman (1944). Mary Nash was
briefly married to the actor José Ruben
((1888-1969).
veteran performer, having appeared in vaudeville and on Broadway.
Following a brief appearance as a dancer in 1904, she joined
Ethel Barrymore in a 1905 off- Broadway
production,
'Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire'. This was followed by 'Captain
Jinks' and 'The Silver Box' with the same company, and in 1915 she
acted in George Bernard Shaw's
play 'Major Barbara' at the Playhouse Theatre. The versatile actress
was as adept at comedy
('Captain Applejack',1921-22) as she was in drama (Cassie in
'Uncle Tom's Cabin,1933).
She is best remembered on screen for being nasty to Shirley Temple
in Heidi (1937) and
The Little Princess (1939),
and for playing Katharine Hepburn's
elegant and proper society mother in
The Philadelphia Story (1940).
In addition, she gave excellent value-for-money in the role of Emma
Louise in Come and Get It (1936)
and as the ill-fated queen in the technicolor adventure
Cobra Woman (1944). Mary Nash was
briefly married to the actor José Ruben
((1888-1969).