---
name: "Mary Young"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mary-young"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 June 1879"
died: "23 June 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T01:23:43.326376+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 Young

Actor. Born 20 June 1879 in New York City, New York, USA. Died 23 June 1971.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 June 1879, New York City, New York, USA
- **Died:** 23 June 1971
- **Active:** 1943–1945
- **Also known as:** Mary Marsden Young
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Young_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16007170, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0949876/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/34469

## Biography

Mary Young, also credited as Mary Marsden Young, was an American stage, film and television actress. She began her career in the theatre, with her first Broadway credit in 1899, and later appeared opposite John Barrymore in the 1913 production of *Believe Me, Xantippe*. With her husband, actor John Craig, she managed and performed at Boston's Castle Square Theatre for 21 years.

Young entered films in 1937, often playing elderly women, frequently in uncredited roles. Her credits include *The Lost Weekend* (1945) as Mrs. Deveridge, *The Women* (1939), *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), *An American in Paris* (1951) and *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956). She also appeared in television series such as *Perry Mason* (1957) and *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1968). She died in La Jolla, California, in 1971.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), Fi1m 82, as Mrs. Deveridge — [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), Fi1m 73, as Mrs. Mellie Sewell — [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md)

## Complete filmography (32)

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

- *Dead Heat on a Merry-Go-Round* (1966), as Mrs. Galbrace (uncredited)
- *The Trouble with Angels* (1966), as Mrs. Eldridge
- *Gomer Pyle, U.S.M.C.* (1964), series, as Mrs. Petrie
- *Petticoat Junction* (1963), series, as Lydia
- *Alias Jesse James* (1959), as 'Ma' James
- *Perry Mason* (1957), series, as Mrs. Murdock
- *Around the World in 80 Days* (1956), as Extra (uncredited) — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/film/around-the-world-in-80-days.md)
- *The Seven Year Itch* (1955), as Woman in Train Station (uncredited)
- *This Is My Love* (1954), as Mrs. Timberly
- *A Star Is Born* (1954), as Boardinghouse Woman (uncredited)
- *It Should Happen to You* (1954), as Elderly Customer at Macy's (uncredited)
- *Walk East on Beacon* (1952), as Old Lady (uncredited)
- *An American in Paris* (1951), as Flower Lady (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/an-american-in-paris.md)
- *Triple Cross* (1951), as Mrs. Reed · Tourist Stop Manager
- *Boston Blackie* (1951), series, as Needles
- *The Mating Season* (1951), as Spinster
- *One Too Many* (1950), as Mrs. Sullivan
- *A Double Life* (1947), as Actress in "A Gentleman's Gentleman"
- *Kraft Television Theatre* (1947), series, Actor
- *A Likely Story* (1947), as Little Old Lady
- *Blondie's Holiday* (1947), as Mrs. Breckenridge
- *The Bride Wore Boots* (1946), as Janet Doughton
- *Shock* (1946), as Mrs. Penny (uncredited)
- *The Stork Club* (1945), as Mrs. Edith Bates
- *The Lost Weekend* (1945), as Mrs. Deveridge — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/the-lost-weekend.md)
- *Address Unknown* (1944), as Mrs. Delaney
- *Watch on the Rhine* (1943), as Mrs. Mellie Sewell — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/watch-on-the-rhine.md)
- *The Wife Takes a Flyer* (1942), as Old Lady
- *Foreign Correspondent* (1940), as Auntie Maude (uncredited) — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/foreign-correspondent.md)
- *The Women* (1939), as Grandma (uncredited)
- *The Hound of the Baskervilles* (1939), as Betsy Ann's Mother (uncredited)
- *This Is My Affair* (1937), as Dowager

## Gallery

- ![Title: Mary Young Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900)](https://film.one/media/person/1234467/gallery-8b9483895cda.jpg) Title: Mary Young Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. (1900) — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/13/Mary_Young_LCCN2014717795.jpg/1280px-Mary_Young_LCCN2014717795.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Portrait of Mary Young, stage actress](https://film.one/media/person/1234467/gallery-331a879942ed.jpg) Portrait of Mary Young, stage actress — Will Armstrong, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/Mary_Young%2C_stage_actress.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mary Young](https://film.one/media/person/1234467/gallery-7dd76ff1ea9d.jpg) Mary Young — White Studio, New York, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/48/Mary_Young_in_Stranger_Than_Fiction.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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