Margaret Mann

Margaret Mann (4 April 1868, in Aberdeen, Scotland – 4 February 1941, in Los Angeles, California), was a Scottish-American actress.

This article is about the actor. For the librarian, see Margaret Mann (librarian).

Margaret Mann
Mann in an ad for Once to Every Woman (1920)
Born(1868-04-04)4 April 1868
Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom
Died4 February 1941(1941-02-04) (aged 72)
Los Angeles, California, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1918–1941
Spouse(s)James F. Smythe[1]

Biography

Margaret Mann starred in a number of major silent films such as Black Beauty in 1921 and played the lead role in John Ford's 1928 drama Four Sons, one of John Wayne's first films. She often played kind-hearted or suffering motherly roles. With the advent of sound films her roles got noticeable smaller and she was often uncredited. She portrayed the kindly grandmother Mrs. Mack in two Our Gang comedies in 1931. She also played bit parts in movies like Frankenstein, You Can't Take It With You, Gone with the Wind and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939). Her last of over 80 movies was The Remarkable Andrew (1942), released one year after her death.

Mann died of cancer in 1941, aged 72. Not much about her private life is known, although a press release of 1928 said that Mann lived through many tragedies and hardships in her life. Her spouse was James F. Smythe.

Selected filmography

References
  1. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons 3d ed. p.473 by Scott Wilson c.2016 Retrieved September 8, 2017 ISBN 978-0-7864-7992-4
  2. ..The International Bookbinder vol. 23; January 1922
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