1. Mae Marsh was born Mary Warne Marsh in Madrid, New Mexico Territory, on November 9,1894.
17 Facts About Mae Marsh
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Mae Marsh was one of seven children of Mae T and Stephen Charles Marsh.
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Mae Marsh's father died in 1901, and the following year, her mother married William Hall, a native of Virginia.
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The family later moved to California, where Mae Marsh attended Convent of the Sacred Heart School in Hollywood as well as public school.
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Mae Marsh's family moved to San Francisco, California, where her stepfather was killed in the great earthquake of 1906.
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Mae Marsh worked as a salesgirl and loitered around the Hollywood sets and locations while her older sister worked on a film, observing the progress of her sister's performance.
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Mae Marsh first started as an extra in various movies, and played her first substantial role in the film Ramona at the age of 15.
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Mae Marsh signed a lucrative contract with Samuel Goldwyn worth $2,500 per week after Intolerance, but none of the films she made with him were particularly successful.
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Mae Marsh starred in the 1918 film Fields of Honor.
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Mae Marsh re-teamed with Novello for the film version of his hit stage play The Rat.
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In 1955, Mae Marsh was awarded the George Eastman Award, given by George Eastman House for distinguished contribution to the art of film.
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Mae Marsh returned from retirement to appear in sound films and played a role in Henry King's remake of Over the Hill.
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Mae Marsh gravitated toward character roles, and worked in this manner for the next several decades.
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Mae Marsh was co-starred with Henry B Walthall again in Bachelor of Arts.
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Mae Marsh has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 1600 Vine Street.
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Mae Marsh married Louis Lee Arms, Samuel Goldwyn's publicity agent, in Manhattan on September 21,1918.
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The couple, who had four children, remained together for 50 years, until 1968, when Mae Marsh died from a heart attack at Hermosa Beach, California.