Mary Warren (actress)

Mary Warren (1893–1956), born Marie Elizabeth Wierman, was an American actress who appeared in silent films.

Mary Warren
1920 publicity photograph
Born	Marie Elizabeth Wierman (1893-11-06)November 6, 1893 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 4, 1956(1956-08-04) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Other names	Marie Wierman Mary Warren
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1912–1934
Spouse	Lee Phelps ​ ​ (m. 1916; died 1953)​
Children	Marilee and Patricia

Early life

Marie Elizabeth Wierman was born on November 6, 1893, in Philadelphia, the daughter of Mary E. Wierman (1871–1940).^[1]

Career

In 1912. Wierman was an actress working for the Lubin Manufacturing Company and a member of their number one stock company. After completing the short film Little Boy Blue released in May 1912, her stock company traveled to Portland, Maine, to film other projects.^[2]

As Mary Warren, she was an actress based in Hollywood^[3][4] who appeared in two dozen silent films between 1918 and 1924.

Personal life

In 1916, Mary Warren married character actor Lee Phelps.^[5] They had two daughters, Marilee and Patricia.^[6][7]

Death

Lee Phelps, 59, died on March 19, 1953, in Los Angeles, California. Mary Warren, 62, died on August 8, 1956, in Los Angeles.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Sea Panther (1918)^[8]
• The Vortex (1918)^[9]
• An Honest Man (1918)^[10]
• All Night (1918)^[11]
• What Every Woman Wants (1919)^[12]
• The Final Close-Up (1919)
• Girls (1919)
• Prudence on Broadway (1919)
• The City of Comrades (1919)
• The Prince of Avenue A (1920)
• Guile of Women (1921)
• Voices of the City (1921)
• Come on Over (1922)
• The Man Who Won (1923)
• The Wolf Man (1923)^[13]
• Cupid's Fireman (1923)
• In Love with Love (1924)
• Irish Hearts (1934)

References

1. "California, U.S., Death Index". California Department of Public Health – Vital Records. 2000. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
2. Motion Picture News Incorporated 1912, p. 21.
3. Dean, Daisy (1918-04-30). "News Notes from Movieland". Tampa Bay Times. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "Mary Warren Explains". The Atlanta Constitution. 1921-06-19. p. 2. Retrieved 2020-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
5. "New York State Marriage Index". New York State Department of Health; Albany, NY, USA. 2017. Retrieved March 11, 2024.
6. "Stifling the Tears". Photoplay Magazine. MacFadden Publishing Inc. September 1918. Archived from the original on June 23, 2021. Retrieved March 9, 2024.
7. Nickelodeon 1918, p. 913.
8. Nickelodeon 1918, p. 511.
9. Nickelodeon 1918, p. 860.
10. Nickelodeon 1918, p. 897.
11. Klepper 2015, p. 125.
12. "Grace Darmond Star of Drama". The Butte Miner. 1919-02-23. p. 41. Retrieved 2020-05-27 – via Newspapers.com.
13. Golden 2013, p. 307.

Bibliography

• Klepper, R.K. (2015). Silent Films, 1877-1996: A Critical Guide to 646 Movies. McFarland, Incorporated, Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4766-0484-8. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
• Golden, E. (2013). John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars. Screen Classics. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 978-0-8131-4163-3. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
• Motion Picture News. Motion Picture News Incorporated. 1912. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
• Nickelodeon. 1918. Retrieved March 12, 2024.
• Lauritzen, E.; Lundquist, G. (1976). American Film-index 1908-1915: Motion Pictures, July 1908-December 1915. American Film-index. Film-Index. ISBN 978-91-7410-001-3. Retrieved March 7, 2024.

External links

• Mary Warren at IMDb