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Actor Born: November 9, 1895 in Madrid, NM Death: February 13, 1968 in Hermosa Beach, CA Biography:American actress "Mae Marsh" was the daughter of an auditor for the Santa Fe railroad - and as such, she and her family moved around quite a bit during Marsh's childhood. After her father died and her stepfather was killed in the San Francisco earthquake, she was taken to Los Angeles by her great aunt, a one-time chorus girl who'd become a New York actress. Marsh followed her aunt's footsteps by securing film work with "Mack Sennett" and "D.W. Griffith"; it was "Griffith", the foremost film director of the early silent period, who first spotted potential in young Miss Marsh. The actress got her first big break appearing as a stone-age maiden in "Man's Genesis" (1911), after "Mary Pickford" refused to play the part because it called for bare legs. Specializing in dramatic and tragic roles, Marsh appeared in innumerable "Griffith"-directed short films, reaching a career high point as the Little Sister... Full Biography
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