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Mabel Colcord

Born August 13, 1873 in San Francisco, California, USADied June 6, 195223 films

Mabel Colcord was an American actress who was born in San Francisco on August 13, 1873. She acted in over 30 films throughout her career, and is best known for her roles in Little Women (1933), David Copperfield (1935), and The Great O'Malley (1937). Active mostly in the 1930s, she mostly played minor or uncredited roles as older women such as aunts, cooks, maids and neighbors. Colcord died on June 6, 1952, in Los Angeles at the age of 78.

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The Shop Around the Corner posterFirst watchThe Shop Around the Corner19408.1as Aunt Anna (uncredited)Two employees at a gift shop can barely stand one another, without realising that they are falling in love through the post as each other's anonymous pen pal.View film

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23 films as actor
  1. 1948The Miracle of the BellsParishioner Witnessing Miracle
  2. 1943Keeper of the Flame
  3. 1942Invisible AgentGretl (uncredited)
  4. 1940The Shop Around the CornerAunt Anna (uncredited)
  5. 1939The WomenWoman Getting Massage (uncredited)
  6. 1938The Cowboy and the LadyOld Woman (uncredited)
  7. 1938The Lady ObjectsMartha
  8. 1938The Mysterious RiderOld Lady on Stagecoach
  9. 1938HolidaySetons' Cook (uncredited)
  10. 1937Sudden Bill DornMaggie
  11. 1937Smoke Tree RangeMa Kelly
  12. 1937Let Them LiveUndetermined Role
  13. 1937The Great O'MalleyMrs. Flaherty
  14. 1936CamilleMadame Barjon (uncredited)
  15. 1936Three Married MenMrs. Mullins
  16. 1936The Law in Her Hands'Fishcake' Fanny (uncredited)
  17. 1935Shipmates ForeverCowboy's Mother (uncredited)
  18. 1935Diamond JimBrady's Aunt
  19. 1935No More LadiesMarcia's Cook (uncredited)
  20. 1935Vanessa: Her Love StoryMeinie
  21. 1935David CopperfieldMary Ann
  22. 1934Sadie McKeeBrennan’s Cook (uncredited)
  23. 1933Little WomenHannah