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Alice Brady (November 2, 1892 - October 28, 1939) was an Academy Award-winning American actress in the silent film era of the late 1910s and 1920s through the 1930s, during the Great Depression.

Career

Brady began her movie career at the age of 22 in New York City's World Studios. Her father, William A. Brady, was its owner as well as an important theatrical producer in New York.

Her first film was the silent As Ye Sow (1915) as Dora Leland. She acted in more than 50 silent films throughout her career, but during the 1920s she was more profilic as a stage performer. She returned to the screen in 1933 in her first talkie, When Ladies Meet.

It was for her portrayal of Mrs. Molly O'Leary in 1938's In Old Chicago that she won her Oscar.

Brady died in New York City of cancer on October 28, 1939 shortly after filming Young Mr. Lincoln with director John Ford.

Academy Awards

Wins:

• 1937 - Best Supporting Actress in In Old Chicago

Nominations:

• 1936 - Best Supporting Actress in My Man Godfrey

Selected filmography

A sample of her more than 80 films includes:

• As Ye Sow (1914)
• Betsy Ross (1917)
• When Ladies Meet (1933)
• The Gay Divorcee (1934)
• Gold Diggers Of 1935 (1935)
• Let 'Em Have It (1935)
• Three Smart Girls (1936)
• Go West, Young Man (1936)
• My Man Godfrey (1936)
• One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937)
• In Old Chicago (1938)
• Zenobia (1939)
• Young Mr. Lincoln (1939)

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