Mary Anderson

Mary Anderson (born Bebe Anderson, April 3, 1920 in Birmingham, Alabama) was a film and television actress. Many times confused with the stage actress of the same name (1859-1940), Mary Anderson appeared in a number of films in the 1940s.

Mary Anderson
Anderson in Lifeboat (1944)
Born	Bebe Anderson April 3, 1920 (1920-04-03) (age 89) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Occupation	Film, television actress
Spouse(s)	Leon Shamroy (1953-1974)

When she was sixteen, Anderson made her first screen appearance as Maybelle Meriweather in Gone With the Wind (1939). Ending her film career in the early 1950s, she occasionally acted on television, for example, as Catherine Harrington in the prime-time soap opera Peyton Place.

Anderson was married to cinematographer Leon Shamroy from 1953 to his death in 1974. She was sometimes credited under her birth name Bebe Anderson.

Partial filmography

• Gone With the Wind (1939)
• The Song of Bernadette (1943)
• Lifeboat (1944)
• Wilson (1944)
• Whispering City (1947)
• The Underworld Story (1950)
• I, the Jury (1953)
• Dangerous Crossing (1953)
• Chicago Calling (1952)

References

External links

• Mary Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Mary Anderson at Allmovie

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