Mary Carlisle

Acting

Mary Carlisle

Born February 3, 1914 · Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died August 1, 2018 · aged 104

Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was an American screen actress, singer, and dancer, her film career spanning the years 1923 to 1943 (primarily 1930 onward). She died at age 104 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California on 1 August 2018.

Known For

Grand HotelGrand Hotel · 1932
Grand Hotel
7.01932
MovieDramaRomance
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.
Passion FlowerPassion Flower · 1930
Passion Flower
5.41930
MovieDrama
A bored society woman invites scandal and heartache when she falls in love with her low-born chauffeur.
Madam SatanMadam Satan · 1930
Madam Satan
5.91930
MovieRomanceMusic
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.
Dance, Girl, DanceDance, Girl, Dance · 1940
Dance, Girl, Dance
6.41940
MovieDramaComedy
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.
Beware Spooks!Beware Spooks! · 1939
Beware Spooks!
8.51939
MovieComedy
A bumbling detective chases an escaped convict in an amusement park haunted house in Coney Island.
Touchdown, ArmyTouchdown, Army · 1938
Touchdown, Army
7.51938
MovieDramaComedy
Prep football star Jimmy Howal gets a reception far different from what he expected when he enters West Point.
Smilin' ThroughSmilin' Through · 1932
Smilin' Through
6.01932
MovieDramaRomance
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.
Hotel HaywireHotel Haywire · 1937
Hotel Haywire
9.01937
MovieComedy
Parkhouse plays a practical joke on a poker-playing buddy by sending him home with a lady's chemise stuffed in his coat pocket. The gag backfires, whereupon Parkhouse finds himself in hot water with his own wife. Threatened with divorce, Parkhouse is advised by a zany astrologer to frame Mrs. P. in a compromising situation at the Hotel Haywire, enlisting amateur detectives Bert and Genevieve Sterns in his scheme.

Filmography

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