Mary Servoss (June 2, 1888 – November 20, 1968)Great Actors and Actresses of the American Stage in Historic Photographs p.66 c.1983 by Stanley Appelbaum was an American stage and screen actress. Her main career was centered on the Broadway stage.
Biography She was born to Carlos A. Servoss and Mary (née Baker) in Chicago. She made her stage debut in 1905 in a stock company playing a small part in Lorna Doone.Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912–1976 vol.2 D-H p.2149; originally published annually by John Parker; this final edition by Gale Research Company In 1922, she played Portia to David Warfield's Shylock in The Merchant of Venice, and she appeared in the 1929 play Street Scene, in the 1931 play Counsellor-at-Law starring Paul Muni, and as Queen Gertrude in Hamlet opposite both Raymond Massey (1931) and Leslie Howard (1936).
She was a veteran stage actress when she made her first film in 1940 and made over 20 films by the time of her last film in 1949.
When not in the theatre, her hobby was restoring old farmhouses.Who Was Who...Parker, John; Gale Research
Mary Servoss died in Los Angeles on November 20, 1968.Silent Film Necrology p.479 2nd Edit. c.2001 by Eugene M. VazzanaWho Was Who on Screen 2nd edit. p.418 c.1977 by Evelyn Mack Truitt
Her papers are housed in the Charles E. Young Research Library at UCLA. The collection includes "correspondence, photographs, books, scrapbooks, and printed materials related to Servoss' life and career." __NOTOC__
Select stage credits
Bedford's Hope (1906) The Master of the House (1912) Consequences (1914) Upstairs and Down (1916) Behold the Bridegroom (1927) Street Scene (1929) Tortilla Flat (1938) Swan Song (1946) Medea (1949)
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1940 The Lone Wolf Keeps a Date Mrs. Colby 1942 All Through the Night Woman uncredited1942 In This Our Life Charlotte Fitzroy 1942 The Postman Didn't Ring Helen Allen 1943 The Human Comedy Mrs. Beaufrere uncredited1943 So Proudly We Hail! Capt. 'Ma' McGregor 1944 Four Jills in a Jeep Nurse Lieutenant uncredited1944 Uncertain Glory Drover's Wife uncredited1944 Summer Storm Mrs. Kalenin 1944 Youth Runs Wild Cora Hauser 1944 Mrs. Parkington Mrs. Graham 1944 Experiment Perilous Miss Wilson 1945 Roughly Speaking Rose the Maid uncredited1945 Conflict Landlady uncredited1945 Mildred Pierce Nurse uncredited1945 Danger Signal Mrs. Fenchurch 1946 My Reputation Mary 1946 A Stolen Life Practical Nurse uncredited1947 High Wall Martha Ferguson uncredited1948 An Act of Murder Julia 1949 Beyond the Forest Mrs. Wetch uncredited, final film role
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