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both of which document 1900. The original census page of June 1900, records Mary MacDonald's age at that time as "6/12" (six months old). While one official record, her 1985 California death certificate, does cite her birthday as
January 19, 1901, no government record has been found that documents her birth year prior to 1900. Some secondary sources state that Mary began her career as a chorus girl on Broadway "at the tender age of 13". For performers that young, it was not an uncommon practice in the early 1900s for stage and film producers to "back date" biographical information about their employees, presenting them to be older than their true age.
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born. Federal census records for 1900 document that MacLaren's father supported his family working as the proprietor of a hotel in
Pittsburgh. By 1910, however, her parents had divorced, and Lillian worked as a dressmaker to support her daughters. Before moving with her mother, Miriam, and Katherine to New York City around 1913, MacLaren obtained her basic education in
287:, the 5'3" MacLaren was described as having blue eyes and "masses of blond hair" and being an accomplished swimmer and tennis player. While the height of her screen career was in the silent era, she successfully transitioned into sound productions and continued to perform periodically in films throughout the 1930s and into the early 1940s.
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Mary McDonald takes on a new name - Mary McLaren - for her entry into the list of regular
Bluebird stars. Miss McLaren is a "genuine find", according to a Bluebird publicity promoter, and until the professional critics have had opportunity to controverse the assertion so let it
737:"Thirteenth Census of the United States: 1910 Population", digital copy of original handwritten enumeration page, Pittsburgh City, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, April 18, 1910, Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census, Washington, D.C.
725:""California Marriage Index, 1960-1985", Robert S. Coleman to Mary I. MacDonald, February 23, 1965. Center of Health Statistics, California Department of Health Services, Sacramento. FamilySearch.
780:"New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949", death of Edward Wallman McDonald, son of Lillian Edith McDonald and William McDonald, March 11, 1901, Bronx, New York City.
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Katherine MacDonald had a successful and fairly long film career, but sister Miriam retired from acting in 1919, at the age of 23, when she married Horace Clyde
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