Mary Jane Irving
{{Short description|American actor}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2021}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Mary Jane Irving
| image = Mary Jane Irving, film actress (SAYRE 4546).jpg
| caption = Jane Irving in 1925
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1913|10|20|mf=y}}
| birth_place = United States
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1983|07|17|1913|10|20|mf=y}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names = Jane Irving
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1917–1938
| spouse = {{Marriage|Robert Carson|1938|1983|reason=d}}
}}
Mary Jane Irving (October 20, 1913{{Citation needed |date=December 2024}} – July 17, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938.
Biography
Irving debuted in films when she was 2 years old. She "played a lot of baby roles, then disappeared from the picture."{{cite news |title=Mary Jane Irving Climbs |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-los-angeles-times-mary-jane-irving/151501514/ |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 8, 1931 |page=24|via = Newspapers.com }} She returned to film in The Godless Girl (1928). Irving portrayed Mary in the film Tom Sawyer (1930).{{cite news |date=December 14, 1930 |title=Filming Tom Sawyer: Choosing the Juvenile Players for Mark Twain's Masterpiece a Difficult Problem |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/12/14/archives/filming-tom-sawyer-choosing-the-juvenile-players-for-mark-twains.html?searchResultPosition=1 |url-access=subscription |access-date=July 17, 2024 |work=The New York Times |page=X 6}} Her "first grown-up characterization" came in Arsène Lupin (1932).
Irving's off-screen work as an adult included being the stand-in for Janet Gaynor. The two looked enough alike that Irving was sometimes mistaken for Gaynor.{{cite magazine |date=October 1933 |page=86 |title=Pity the Poor Stand-in Girl! |url=https://archive.org/details/modernscreen56unse/page/n905/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Modern Screen |access-date=July 17, 2024 }}
Irving attended Hollywood High School.{{cite magazine |date=May 1938 |page=75 |title=(untitled) |url=https://archive.org/details/motionpicture55coun/page/n328/mode/1up?view=theater |magazine=Motion Picture |access-date=July 17, 2024 }}
Irving was married to screenwriter Robert Carson until his death in 1983.{{cite news|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F04E4DF1E38F931A15752C0A965948260|title=Robert Carson, Screen Writer, Won Award for 'Star Is Born' |date=1983-01-22|newspaper=The New York Times|accessdate=2009-01-29}} Seven months after her husband's death, Irving died in Los Angeles, California.{{Citation needed |date=July 2024}}
Filmography
File:Mary Jane Irving 1.jpg and child actresses Mae Giraci and Mary Jane Irving (right) in Safety Engineering (January 1921).]]
| class="wikitable sortable" | Film
! Year ! Film ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
| 1917
| The Square Deal Man | Blossom - the child | |
| rowspan=6|1918
| The One Woman | Girl | |
| An Alien Enemy
| Fräulein Bertha Meyer | |
| Patriotism
| Mimi | |
| The White Lie
| Mary Jane | |
| The Heart of Rachael
| Rachael's daughter | |
| The Temple of Dusk
| Blossom | |
| rowspan=8|1919
| Will You Be Staying for Supper? | | |
| The Brand
| The Child | |
| Tangled Threads
| Little Barbara | |
| The Woman Michael Married
| Girl | |
| The Westerners
| Little Molly Welch | |
| The Gray Horizon
| Kenneth Furthman | |
| Desert Gold
| The Child | |
| Almost a Husband
| Little Girl | Uncredited |
| rowspan=3|1920
| Live Sparks | Undetermined Role | |
| The Luck of Geraldine Laird
| Child | |
| A Woman Who Understood
| Peggy Knight | |
| rowspan=3|1921
| Gwen Duffy | |
| A Certain Rich Man
| Young Janet Barclay | |
| A Broken Doll
| Rosemary | |
| rowspan=7|1922
| Doris Harvey | |
| Travelin' On
| Mary Jane Morton | |
| When Romance Rides
| Bostie Bostil | |
| Golden Dreams
| Child Clown | Credited as Jane Irving |
| The Top of New York
| Susan Gray | |
| Borderland
| Totty | |
| Heart's Haven
| Ella Laird | |
| rowspan=6|1923
| Lost and Found on a South Sea Island | Baby Madge | Alternative titles: Captain Blackbird |
| Little Church Around the Corner
| Little Hetty (As a child) | |
| An Old Sweetheart of Mine
| Mary Ellen Anderson (As a girl) | |
| Cordelia the Magnificent
| François | |
| The Age of Desire
| Margy (age 10) | |
| The Light That Failed
| Young Maisie | |
| rowspan=3|1924
| Maizie Darrant | |
| Fair Week
| Tinkle | |
| Good Bad Boy
| Judge Fawcett's daughter | |
| rowspan=5|1925
| Margaret (As a child) | Uncredited |
| The Shining Adventure
| Lamey | |
| Sky's the Limit
| Richard Hamilton's daughter | |
| The Tower of Lies
| Little girl | |
| The Splendid Road
| Hester Gephart | |
| rowspan=3|1926
| Asia | Alternative title: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch |
| Scotty of the Scouts
| Mary Andrews | |
| The Flaming Forest
| Ruth McTavish | |
| 1927
| Daughter of War Profiteer | |
| 1929
| The Victim | |
| rowspan=2|1930
| Vibart Child | Alternative title: The Gay Nineties |
| Tom Sawyer
| Mary | |
| rowspan=4|1932
| Bernice Donovan | Alternative title: Without Honors |
| Arsène Lupin
| Marie | |
| Probation
| Gwen | Alternative title: Second Chances |
| Mother's Holiday
| The Daughter | |
| 1933
| Salvation Lass | Alternative title: Shadows of Singapore |
| rowspan=2|1934
| Student | Uncredited |
| Gunfire
| Sally Moore | |
| 1936
| | Uncredited |
| 1937
| | Uncredited |
| 1938
| Camp Guest | Uncredited |
References
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External links
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- {{IMDb name|id=0410307|name=Mary Jane Irving}}
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Category:American film actresses
Category:American silent film actresses
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