Mary Howard
Acting
Biography
Mary Howard - initially in her Hollywood career known as Mary Rogers - was an American dancer and screen actress, in films from 1933 to 1942. In 1945 she wed Broadway producer/director Alfred de Liagre Jr., to whom she remained married until his 1987 death.
Born: August 24, 1914
Place of Birth: Independence, Kansas, USA
Known For
Abe Lincoln in Illinois
Abe Lincoln in Illinois is a 1940 biographical film which tells the story of the life of Abraham Lincoln from his departure from Kentucky until his election as President of the United States.
The Wild Man of Borneo
A medicine show man tries to con people into believing he's a legitimate stage actor.
Hold That Kiss
Two young people meet at a wedding and begin dating, each thinking the other is extremely wealthy. Comedy.
Marie Antoinette
The young Austrian princess Marie Antoinette is arranged to marry Louis XVI, future king of France, in a politically advantageous marriage for the rival countries. The opulent Marie indulges in various whims and flirtations. When Louis XV passes and Louis XVI ascends the French throne, his queen's extravagant lifestyle earns the hatred of the French people, who despise her Austrian heritage.
Nurse Edith Cavell
British nurse Edith Cavell is stationed at a hospital in Brussels during World War I. When the son of a former patient escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp, she helps him flee to Holland. Outraged at the number of soldiers detained in the camps, Edith, along with a group of sympathizers, devises a plan to help the prisoners escape. As the group works to free the soldiers, Edith must keep her activities secret from the Germans
Swamp Water
A hunter happens upon a fugitive and his daughter living in a Georgia swamp. He falls in love with the girl and persuades the fugitive to return to town.
Four Girls in White
Young Women go through Nursing School together, each with their own motivation for being there. They learn more than how to be a Nurse.
All Over Town
Two vaudevillian comedians try to stage a show in a theatre that has a reputation for being being haunted.
Love Finds Andy Hardy
Andy Hardy becomes entangled with three different girls all at the same time.
That Mothers Might Live
That Mothers Might Live is a 1938 American short drama film directed by Fred Zinnemann. The short is a brief account of Hungarian physician Ignaz Semmelweis and his discovery of the need for cleanliness in 19th-century maternity wards, thereby significantly decreasing maternal mortality, and of his struggle to gain acceptance of his idea. Although Semmelweis ultimately failed in his lifetime, later scientific luminaries advanced his work in spirit like microbiologist Louis Pasteur, who provided a scientific theoretical explanation of Semmelweis' observations by helping develop the germ theory of disease and the British surgeon, Dr. Joseph Lister who revolutionized medicine putting Pasteur's research to practical use. In 1939, at the 11th Academy Awards, the film won an Oscar for Best Short Subject (One-Reel).
Filmography
as Frances Allan
as Constance Gardner
as Diane Rossiter
as Hannah
as Jane Withersteen
as Edith Keating
as Mary Thompson
as Ann Rutledge
as Nurse O'Brien
as Penny
as Mary Forbes
as Olivia (uncredited)
as Mary Tompkins
as Leah Brockler
as Nurse in Moving Picture
as Young Stricken Mother (uncredited)
as La Vallière, The King's Sweetheart (uncredited)
as Mary Dosier (uncredited)
as Joan Eldridge
as Pianist (uncredited)
as Nurse Barry (uncredited)
as Diana Griffith