---
name: "Mary Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-anderson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "3 April 1918"
died: "6 April 2014"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-20T01:12:20.161873+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mary Anderson

Actor. Born 3 April 1918 in Birmingham, Alabama, USA. Died 6 April 2014.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 3 April 1918, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
- **Died:** 6 April 2014
- **Active:** 1939–1944
- **Also known as:** Mary Bebe Anderson, Mary B. Anderson, Bebe Anderson, Мэри Андерсон
- **Frequently works with:** [Henry King](https://film.one/person/henry-king.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as actor, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1930s 74 (1), 1940s 63 (3)
- **Score spread:** 0 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Lead roles:** 0 of 2 acting credits billed first or second
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Romance 2, War 1
- **Screen time:** 11 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $404m across 2 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Anderson_(actress,_born_1918), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287688, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027156/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/93896

## Biography

Mary Anderson (born Mary Bebe Anderson) was an American actress. She appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965.

She made her first notable screen appearance in *Gone with the Wind* (1939) as Maybelle Merriwether. Other film roles included Jeanne Abadie in *The Song of Bernadette* (1943) and Alice MacKenzie in Alfred Hitchcock's *Lifeboat* (1944). She also appeared in *Wilson* (1944) and had later uncredited parts including in *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950).

Anderson attended Howard College (now Samford University) in her native Birmingham, Alabama. Her younger brother, James Anderson, was also an actor. She worked in television into the 1960s, including a recurring role in *Peyton Place*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Wilson* (1944), Fi1m 61, as Eleanor Wilson — [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), Fi1m 63, as Jeanne Abadie — [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), Fi1m 64, as Rebecca Jay — [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), Fi1m 74, as Maybelle Merriwether — [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)

## Complete filmography (33)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Cheech & Chong's Next Movie* (1980), as Old Lady in Music Store (uncredited)
- *Jet Over The Atlantic* (1959), as Maria
- *I, the Jury* (1953), as Eileen Vickers
- *Dangerous Crossing* (1953), as Anna Quinn
- *One Big Affair* (1952), as Hilda Jones
- *Chicago Calling* (1951), as Mary Cannon
- *Passage West* (1951), as Myra Johnson
- *Hunt the Man Down* (1950), as Alice McGuire / Peggy Linden
- *Last of the Buccaneers* (1950), as Swallow
- *The Underworld Story* (1950), as Molly Rankin
- *The Asphalt Jungle* (1950), as Police Broadcaster (voice) (uncredited)
- *Miracle in the Rain* (1949), Actor
- *Whispering City* (1947), as Mary Roberts
- *To Each His Own* (1946), as Corinne Piersen
- *Behind Green Lights* (1946), as Nora Bard
- *Within These Walls* (1945), as Anne Howland
- *Wilson* (1944), as Eleanor Wilson — Fi1m 61, [page](https://film.one/film/wilson.md)
- *Lifeboat* (1944), as Alice MacKenzie
- *The Song of Bernadette* (1943), as Jeanne Abadie — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/the-song-of-bernadette.md)
- *Henry and Dizzy* (1942), as Phyllis Michael
- *Bahama Passage* (1941), as Mary Ainsworth
- *Henry Aldrich for President* (1941), as Phyllis Michael
- *Under Age* (1941), as Edie Baird
- *Cheers for Miss Bishop* (1941), as Amy Saunders
- *A Dispatch from Reuters* (1940), as Girl with Max (uncredited)
- *The Sea Hawk* (1940), as Maid of Honor
- *My Love Came Back* (1940), as Woman Mistaken for Amelia by Tony (uncredited)
- *All This, and Heaven Too* (1940), as Rebecca Jay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/all-this-and-heaven-too.md)
- *A Failure at Fifty* (1940), as Ann Rutledge
- *'Til We Meet Again* (1940), as Girl (uncredited)
- *Gone with the Wind* (1939), as Maybelle Merriwether — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/gone-with-the-wind.md)
- *Mendelssohn's Wedding March* (1939), as Hilda (uncredited)
- *The Women* (1939), as Young Girl (uncredited)

## Gallery

- ![Mary Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/447545/gallery-d655ecdc255c.jpg) Mary Anderson — unknown (20th Century Fox), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/08/Charles_Russell-Mary_Anderson_in_Behind_Green_Lights.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mary Anderson, Christmas 1944](https://film.one/media/person/447545/gallery-1d896c66bce4.jpg) Mary Anderson, Christmas 1944 — Photographer not credited, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Mary_Anderson%2C_Christmas_1944.jpg/1280px-Mary_Anderson%2C_Christmas_1944.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Mary Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/447545/gallery-4c2aae126ba2.jpg) Mary Anderson — Image via TMDB
- ![Mary Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/447545/gallery-0ad78b4bd179.jpg) Mary Anderson — Image via TMDB
- ![Mary Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/447545/gallery-dcca84c56710.jpg) Mary Anderson — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame 1960: star on Hollywood Walk of Fame (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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