18 Facts About Alice Brady

Alice Brady 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.

Alice Brady worked until six months before her death from cancer in 1939.

Alice Brady's films include My Man Godfrey, in which she plays the flighty mother of Carole Lombard's character, and In Old Chicago for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1960, Brady received a motion pictures star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for her contributions to the film industry.

Alice Brady's father, William A Brady, was an important theatrical producer.

Alice Brady was interested at an early age in becoming an actress.

Alice Brady first went on the stage when she was 14 and got her first job on Broadway in 1911 at the age of 18, in a show with which her father was associated.

Alice Brady had the first major success of her career in 1912 when she created the role of Meg March in the original Broadway and national touring productions of Marian de Forest's Little Women; a play adapted from the novel by Louisa May Alcott.

In 1913, Brady appeared with John Barrymore in A Thief for a Night at McVicker's Theatre in Chicago.

Alice Brady's step-mother was actress Grace George, whom her father married when Alice was a child.

Alice Brady's half-brother was William A Brady Jr, the son of her father and Grace George.

Alice Brady's father moved into movie production and presentation in 1913, with his World Film Company, and Alice Brady soon followed along after him, making her first silent feature appearance in As Ye Sow in 1914.

Alice Brady appeared in 53 films in the next 10 years, all while continuing to perform on stage, the film industry at the time being centered in New York.

Alice Brady was married to actor James Crane from 1919 to 1922, when they divorced.

Alice Brady died from cancer on October 28,1939, five days before her 47th birthday.

Alice Brady is buried in Sleepy Hollow Cemetery in New York.

Alice Brady had been nominated for the same award the year before as well, for her work in My Man Godfrey.

In 2016, the Oscar historian Olivia Rutigliano noted that Miss Alice Brady followed this practice, which may have led to the story that the Academy was presenting her with a replacement trophy.