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Aline Laveen MacMahonAmerican actress
Date of Birth: 03.05.1899
Country:  USA |
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Biography of Aline Laveen MacMahon
Aline Laveen MacMahon, known professionally as Elaine Lavin MacMahon, was an American actress. Her career began in the theater in the 1920s, and she went on to have an active career in film and television until her retirement in the mid-1970s. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role as Lina Tan in the war drama "Dragon Seed" in 1944.
Early Life and Background
Aline Laveen MacMahon was born on May 3, 1899, in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, United States. She was the daughter of William M. MacMahon and Jennie C. Simon, who had Irish and Russian-Jewish ancestry. According to the 1910 US Federal Census for Brooklyn, New York, her father was born in 1878 in Allegheny City, Pennsylvania, and was the son of an Irishman who worked as a telegraph operator. Her mother, Jennie, was born in 1879 in Russia to a family of Jewish descent and lived until 1984, reaching the age of 105.
MacMahon's parents got married on July 14, 1898, in Columbus, Ohio. She grew up in New York City and received her education at Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and Barnard College.
Career
MacMahon started participating in Broadway productions in the early 1920s and made her debut on the big screen in 1931 as Miss Taylor in the crime drama "Five Star Final" directed by Mervyn LeRoy and starring Edward G. Robinson. Throughout her career, MacMahon alternated between Broadway and Hollywood. She appeared in a total of 48 films and television projects, including Ronald Neame's musical "I Could Go on Singing," the dramas "Antigone," "The Young Doctors," "Cimarron," and "One Way Passage."
Personal Life and Legacy
MacMahon was married to architect Clarence Stein from 1928 until his death in 1975. Stein founded the Regional Planning Association. The couple did not have any children. MacMahon passed away from pneumonia on October 12, 1991, at the age of 92 in New York City.
