Biography
Mary Carr (14 March 1874 – 24 June 1973) was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr (1866–1937). She appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1956.
Known For
Complete Filmography
Friendly Persuasion
1956
as Emma - Quaker Woman (uncredited)
The story of a family of Quakers in Indiana in 1862. Their religious sect is strongly opposed to violence and war. It's not easy for them to meet the ...
Devil Monster
1946
as Mother of Jose
A schooner disappears at sea without a trace. Years later, evidence of possible survivors prompts the mother of the schooner's mate Jose to hire a tun...
Partners in Time
1946
as Miss Rutledge (uncredited)
Squire Skimp has a new plan to swindle the people of Pine Ridge. However, Lum has something more important on his mind. He has to tell a young engaged...
Oregon Trail
1945
as Granny Layton
Escaping the law, Jim Parker arrives in a town that is controlled by Dalt Higgins and his crony judge. When he stands up to Higgins, he's made sheriff...
Eagle Squadron
1942
as Mother
An American joins the British Royal Air Force just before Pearl Harbor is attacked, and falls in love with a beautiful English girl.
Haunted House
1940
as Grandma
Teenagers try to clear a friend accused of murder.
Manhattan Heartbeat
1940
as Grandma in Music Store
A couple can't make ends meet. He is an airplane mechanic and makes extra money testing planes. When the baby arrives things get better.
The Shop Around the Corner
1940
as Grandmother (uncredited)
Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous ...
Land of Liberty
1939
as (archive footage)
This film tells the history of the United States from pre-Revolution through 1939.
East Side of Heaven
1939
as Mrs. James Travers (uncredited)
A man finds himself the father, by proxy, of a ten-month-old baby and becomes involved in the turbulent lives of the child's family.
West of Rainbow's End
1938
as Mrs. Martha Carter
Tim Hart (Tim McCoy), a former Texas Ranger, comes out of retirement to avenge the death of Lightnin' Ed (Frank LaRue), his foster father, who had bee...
Music for Madame
1937
as Bus Passenger (Uncredited)
An Italian immigrant singer, Nino, hoping to succeed in Hollywood, falls in with a gang of crooks who use his talent to distract everyone at a party w...
Postal Inspector
1936
as Mrs. John Mead (uncredited)
Postal inspectors track down money stolen from a railroad car.
The Sea Fiend
1936
as Jose's Mother
The Sea Fiend, aka Devil Monster, is an American adventure film directed by S. Edwin Graham and it was shown in Great Britain as The Sea Fiend in 1938...
The Country Doctor
1936
as Woman with Baby Clothes (uncredited)
A doctor has a rough time obtaining the money for his services in a lumber town until he delivers quintuplets.
I Don't Remember
1935
as Harry's Mother
Amnesiac can't find the other half of his winning sweepstakes ticket.
Go Into Your Dance
1935
as Wardrobe Mistress
An irresponsible Broadway star gets mixed up with gambling and gangsters.
The World Accuses
1934
as Mrs. Warren
When a middle aged woman accepts a job at a day care center she comes across the child she gave up early in life.
Whom the Gods Destroy
1934
as Madge
Broadway's most successful producer, John Forrester, is deeply in love with his wife Margaret and dreams of the future when his son Jack will step int...
The Loudspeaker
1934
as Grandma
A young man from a small town hits New York City, bound and determined to become a radio star. Amazingly, he achieves his ambition, but in the process...
Change of Heart
1934
as Mrs. Rountree
Catherine and Mack and their close friends Chris and Madge graduate from a West Coast college and fly to New York City to find work.
Love Past Thirty
1934
as Grandma Nelson
When a woman's boyfriend dumps her for a younger girl, she hatches a scheme to get revenge by going after the girl's former boyfriend.
Bedside
1934
as Heart Patient
Bob Brown uses his bedside manner to charm his patients while his partner makes the actual diagnoses.
The Power and the Glory
1933
as Flower peddler (uncredited)
A man's life is retold just after his funeral. Beginning as a track walker, Tom Garner rose through all sorts of railroad jobs to head the company. In...
Headline Shooter
1933
as Flood Victim (uncredited)
A newsreel photographer neglects his love life to get the perfect shot.
Police Call
1933
as Mother Daniels
A professional fighter decides to quit the sport and go to college, but he finds out that his sister has gotten mixed up with gangsters.
Flying Devils
1933
as Mrs. Murray
A trio of veteran pilots joins an aerial circus.
Forbidden Trail
1932
as Mrs. Middleton
Karger is behind all the cattle rustling. After Tom Devlin catches his man Burke in the act, Burke hides evidence against Karger in his jail cell. Lat...
Young Blood
1932
as Widow
A reformed gunfighter battles a crooked sheriff who used to be a member of his gang.
Pack Up Your Troubles
1932
as Old Woman with Letter
The story begins in 1917 with Stan and Ollie being drafted into the U.S. Army to fight in World War I. While in the Army, the pair befriend a man name...
Running Hollywood
1932
as Mary Carr
Running Hollywood is a comedy short.
The Law of the Tong
1931
as Mother McGregor
A young girl working as a dance-hall hostess gets mixed up in a scheme that smuggles illegal Chinese aliens into the country.
The Fighting Marshal
1931
as Aunt Emily
Not knowing he has just been pardoned, Tim Benton (Tim McCoy, Texas Cyclone) escapes from prison with his cellmate, Red Larkin (Matthew Betz, The Wedd...
One Good Turn
1931
as Old Lady
Down and out Stan and Ollie beg for food from a friendly old lady who provides them with sandwiches. While eating, they overhear the lady's landlord t...
Honeymoon Lane
1931
as Mother Murphy
Based on Dowling's 1925 stage vehicle of the same name, the story is set in motion when the king of the mythical European nation of Bulgravia visits a...
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands
1931
Stout Hearts and Willing Hands is a 1931 short comedy film directed by Bryan Foy. It was nominated for an Academy Award in 1932 for Best Short Subject...
Beyond Victory
1931
as Bud's Mother
Four battle-weary American soldiers under fire reflect on the women they left behind.
Kept Husbands
1931
as Mrs. Brunton
A former All-American football star, now working as a steel mill supervisor in New Jersey, falls in love with the mill owner's wealthy, very spoiled d...
The Primrose Path
1931
as Grandmother
A naive high school girl falls for the school's star football player. Her ignorance in the matters of sex leads to pregnancy and heartbreak.
The Midnight Special
1930
as Mrs. Boone
A thrilling drama of young love and the great sacrifice made by railroad workers that we may travel in safety. (Print ad- Evening News, Tonawanda, N.Y...
The Utah Kid
1930
as Aunt Ada
The Utah Kid eludes a sheriff's posse and takes refuge in Robber's Roost, a hideout for outlaws running from the law where he meets and falls for a wa...
Hot Curves
1930
as 'Grandma' Dolan
The star pitcher on the Pittsburgh ball team gets into trouble with a gold-digging groupie and his catcher helps him get back into the game.
Ladies in Love
1930
as Mrs. Wood
A small town Vermont fellow falls in love with a New York City radio singing star, but she is about to be married to the radio station owner.
Trailing Trouble
1930
as Old Lady
Ed King travels east to sell Pop Blake's cattle. While there Buck, another of Blake's hands, plans to rob Ed by using a local girl Ming Toy as a decoy...
Second Wife
1930
as Mrs. Rhodes - Housekeeper
A man's pregnant second wife gets upset when he decides to go overseas to his young son, who may be dying of typhoid fever.
Sailor's Holiday
1929
as Mrs. Pike
Sailors Pike and Shorty are on leave when a street woman swindles them out of some money by telling them she is looking for her long-lost brother, a s...
Honour Thy Mother
1928
as Die Mutter
Lights of New York
1928
as Mrs. Morgan
Eddie is conned into fronting a speakeasy for a local gangster who intends to frame him for the murder of a cop.
The Riding Renegade
1928
as Mrs. Taylor
A disgraced son of a sheriff is adopted by an Indian tribe after saving the son of a chief.
Frau Sorge
1928
as Frau Meyhöfer alias “Frau Sorge”
On Your Toes!
1927
as Grandmother
Silent boxing sports comedy about a boxer whose grandmother wants him to be a ballet dancer, so he has the boxers at his training camp pose as ballet ...
Jesse James
1927
as Mrs. Zerelda Samuels
A light approach on the life of Jesse James.
The Swell-Head
1927
as Mother Malone
Businessman Lefty Malone decides to become a prizefight, has his head turned by instant success, falls for the wrong woman, Kitty, then realizes the e...
Paying the Price
1927
as Mrs. Gordon
Michael Donovan, a heavy loser at a gambling casino, confronts its owner with evidence of cheating and finds himself accused of murder, on circumstant...
The Fourth Commandment
1927
Following a reversal in the Graham family fortune, a childhood love affair between Gordon Graham and Marjorie Miller is frustrated by the socially amb...
Blonde or Brunette
1927
as Grandmother
Adolphe Menjou stars in a Roaring Twenties comedy of remarriage.
Whom Shall I Marry
1926
Cynthia’s grandfather makes a will with the provision she must marry within 24 hours of his death or be disinherited because of her frivolous lifestyl...
Atta Boy
1926
as Grandmother
Monty Milde, would-be newspaper reporter, stumbles into a high-profile kidnapping mystery.
Frenzied Flames
1926
as Mrs. Grogan
Cullen Landis stars as rookie fireman Danny Grogan. Though well-liked by his colleagues, Danny is openly despised by one of the smoke-eaters, who has ...
The Hidden Way
1926
as Mother
The film tells the tale of three ex-cons who finally go straight, through the redemptive power of love. After rescuing Mary from certain death, the “t...
The Midnight Message
1926
as Widow Malone
Johnny works as a Western Union messenger, while his mother earns a meager living with an old sewing machine. One day he interrupts a robbery, scares ...
The Wise Guy
1926
as Ma Palmer
A carnival huckster who decides to turn pennies into dollars by passing himself off as a hellfire-and-brimstone evangelist.
The King of the Turf
1926
as Martha Fairfax
Genteel southern horse-breeder Col. Richard Fairfax is framed on the charge of embezzlement by Martyn Selsby, his business partner, and sentenced to j...
Flaming Waters
1925
as Mrs. Mary O'Neil
After several years' absence, the young sailor Dan O'Neill returns to his hometown. He quickly discovers that his mother has been cheated out of her l...
The Feud Woman
1925
A society lady lives to cause conflict to all those around her.
The Red Kimona
1925
as Prison Matron
A woman is abandoned by her lover and prostitution is the only way she has to survive.
Big Pal
1925
as Mary Williams
A judge's daughter spurns his wealthy lifestyle and goes to do social work in poorer neighborhoods. There she meets a boxer contending for a champions...
His Master's Voice
1925
as Mrs. Henley
A loyal dog follows his master to the front in World War One.
A Slave of Fashion
1925
as Mother Emerson
Katherine Emerson, an Iowa girl hungry for the good things in life, leaves her small hometown and sets out for New York. En route, she is involved in ...
The Fighting Cub
1925
A determined copy boy achieves his aspiration of becoming a journalist after unearthing the hideout of a criminal gang.
Drusilla with a Million
1925
as Drusilla Doane
Drusilla Doane is a charity inmate at an old-ladies' home who inherits a million dollars. Someone leaves a baby on the porch. And someone else leaves ...
Go Straight!
1925
as Mrs. Rhodes
Gilda is a crook who wants to go straight, but her pals keep holding her back. She moves to Hollywood to begin anew but the old gang follows behind. C...
School for Wives
1925
School for Wives is a 1925 American silent drama film directed by Victor Halperin and starring Conway Tearle, Sigrid Holmquist, and Peggy Kelly. It pr...
The Re-Creation of Brian Kent
1925
as Auntie Sue
To support a demanding wife, bank clerk Brian Kent embezzles a large sum of money and, overcome with remorse, attempts to commit suicide by casting hi...
The Wizard of Oz
1925
as Aunt Em
A farm girl learns she is a princess and is swept away by a tornado to the land of Oz.
The Parasite
1925
as Mrs. Laird
Arthur Randall becomes prosperous after divorcing his wife, Laura, and she now attempts unsuccessfully to win him back. Randall's son becomes ill, and...
On the Stroke of Three
1924
as 'Ma' Forrest
Lafayette Jordan (Davis), financier, plans to inundate Caribou Canyon and turn it into a reservoir, but the villagers will not sell him their land. Am...
The Mine with the Iron Door
1924
as St. Jimmy's mother
This epic Western-melodrama was based on the popular novel by Harold Bell Wright. Two old prospectors, Thad Grove and Bob Hill find an infant in the c...
Three Women
1924
as Mrs. Colman - Fred's Mother
A frivolous middle aged socialite is suddenly put upon to have her daughter live with her. Her conniving paramour dumps her for the daughter, leaving ...
A Self-Made Failure
1924
as Grandma Neal
Young Sonny's dying father leaves him in the care of Breezy, a hobo he has mistaken for a wealthy businessman.
The Woman on the Jury
1924
as Mrs. Pierce
The story of a woman on trial for her life for shooting the man who had promised to love her but had deserted her...and of a woman on the jury who ref...
Why Men Leave Home
1924
as Grandma Sutton
John and Irene Emerson's marriage begins well enough, but it is not long before John becomes less attentive. Feeling neglected, Irene spends more time...
Damaged Hearts
1924
as The Mother
Orphaned as children, David and his sister are sent to live with separate families, where both are abused, and his sister dies. Filled with hostility,...
Painted People
1924
as Mrs. Lane
Ellie Byrne and Don Lane, chums, living in the poor section of a factory town, go away to make their fortunes. Ellie wishes to become a lady so that s...
Roulette
1924
as Mrs. Harris
Before he can avenge a crooked card game, Dan Carrington suffers heart failure and dies in his chair. John Tralee, the cheater, feels a pang of guilt ...
Three O'Clock in the Morning
1923
as Mrs. Winthrop
Impulsive flapper Elizabeth Winthrop, rebels against her parents and moves to New York after breaking with her fiance, Clayton Webster. Hugo Von Stroh...
Broadway Broke
1923
as Nellie Wayne
Nellie Wayne, a retired Broadway actress, has a small dog named "Chum", who is part of a vaudeville act and is the sole support of the family.
On the Banks of the Wabash
1923
as Anne Bixler
An inventor, David Hammond is the son of a ship's captain. He leaves his sweetheart, Lisbeth Bixler, and goes to the city to promote his invention. Li...
The Daring Years
1923
as Mrs. Browning
Cabaret dancer Suzie La Motte is in love with Jim Moran, a boxer, but she tempts a young man named John Browning. Moran and John get into a fight in w...
Children of Dust
1923
as Terwilliger's Mother
Young Terwilliger, an orphan boy in New York City, "adopts" Old Archer, the caretaker of Gramercy Park, after the man is arrested for beating Terwilig...
The Custard Cup
1923
as Mrs. Penfield
Mrs. Penfield, better known as Penzie, is one of the inhabitants of a tenement neighborhood known as "the Custard Cup" because of its oval shape. Penz...
Silver Wings
1922
as Anna Webb
Carr plays Anna Webb, whose husband John (Lynn Hammond) invents a new kind of sewing machine. The patent makes the family wealthy, and after Webb dies...
Over the Hill to the Poorhouse
1920
as Ma Benton
The mother of a large family is abandoned by her children and faces consignment to the poorhouse. But one of her offspring, the one no one had faith i...
Calibre 38
1919
as Rosemary
Montana cattleman Austin Brandt is jilted by Rosemary, who elopes with stranger Royce Greer, but he is consoled by his twenty-year-old niece Joan. Ros...
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
1919
as Mrs. Nancy Wiggs
Mrs. Wiggs, a loving mother whose husband has abandoned her, supports her many children and lives in hope of her husband's return.
My Own United States
1918
as Mrs. Alexander Hamilton
When his son is reluctant to fight for democracy Philip Nolan II shares with him the secret he has long held, the treason of the first Philip Nolan "T...
The Birth of a Race
1918
as Mrs. O'Brien
This epic traces, from the Beginning, the lineage of the race of peace-loving people. Mankind at its best is highlighted as greatness of character acr...
Ignorance
1916
as The Mother
Love's Toll
1916
as Mrs. Lane