Mary Maurice(1844-1918)
- Actress
Originally a schoolteacher, Mary Maurice caught the acting bug and
joined the Pittsburgh (PA) Stock Company in 1868. After a long and
distinguished stage career she signed with Vitagraph and made her film
debut in 1909. She appeared in almost 150 films for the company, and
played mothers or grandmothers in so many of them that she got the
nickname "Grand Old Lady of the Films". She stayed with Vitagraph until
shortly before her death in 1918.