Personal Info
Birth date
1914-02-03 (111 Years)
Day of death
2018-08-01
Gender
Female
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as
Gwendolyn Witter
Mary Carlyle
Mary Carlisle Blakeley
Mary Carlisle
Biography
Mary Carlisle (born Gwendolyn Witter; February 3, 1914 – August 1, 2018) was an American screen actress, singer, and dancer, her film career spanning the years 1923 to 1943 (primarily 1930 onward). She died at age 104 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California on 1 August 2018.
Filmography
Grand Hotel
6.944
Overview:
Guests at a posh Berlin hotel struggle through worry, scandal, and heartache.Smilin' Through
5.957
Overview:
On the day of his wedding, Sir John Carteret's fiancée, Moonyeen, is killed by a jealous rival named Jeremy, leaving him emotionally devastated. Carteret spends three decades in seclusion, mostly communing with the spirit of Moonyeen, until he learns that her niece, Kathleen, has become an orphan. He adopts and raises the child as his own but is alarmed when, as a young woman, she falls in love with the son of Moonyeen's murderer.It's in the Air
5
Overview:
Con men Calvin Churchill and Clip McGurk know how to fix a horse-race or boxing match. Calvin wants to go straight and win back his estranged wife, but first the men must dodge a dogged IRS agent and bilk a bunch of aviation investors out of the backing boodle for a balloon excursion into the stratosphere.Murder in the Private Car
5.5
Overview:
Ruth Raymond works on the telephone switchboard of a large NYC office building. One day, a private detective informs her that she is actually the daughter of railroad tycoon Luke Carson, and that she had been kidnapped as a baby 14 years ago by Luke's vindictive brother Elwood, and placed with strangers.Dance, Girl, Dance
6.4
Overview:
Judy O'Brien is an aspiring ballerina in a dance troupe. Also in the company is Bubbles, a brash mantrap who leaves the struggling troupe for a career in burlesque. When the company disbands, Bubbles gives Judy a thankless job as her stooge. The two eventually clash when both fall for the same man.Dead Men Walk
4.4
Overview:
When a small town doctor buries his twin brother, a practitioner of the black arts, he believes him dead; but subsequent events force him to realize that his brother has, in fact, returned from the dead as a vampire and is seeking revenge on the doctor, who had killed him in self-defense.Montana Moon
4.5
Overview:
A wild-partying flapper marries a cowboy and tries to adjust to life on a western ranch.Madam Satan
5.773
Overview:
A socialite masquerades as a notorious femme fatale to win back her straying husband during a costume party aboard a doomed dirigible.Kentucky Kernels
6.1
Overview:
The Great Elmer and Company, two out-of-work magicians, help lovelorn Jerry Bronson adopt Spanky Milford, to distract him. When Bronson makes up and elopes, the pair are stuck with the little boy. But Spanky inherits a Kentucky fortune, so they head south to Banesville, where the Milfords and Wakefields are conducting a bitter feud.Children of Pleasure
4.7
Overview:
A successful songwriter, dazzled by high society, falls for a society girl who is just playing around.The Girl Said No
5.5
Overview:
A comedy romance in which breezy Haines, as a young lady killer, tries to capture the heart of Hyams who has turned him down for Bushman. Haines plots dozens of extreme measures to win her over, and finally goes so far as to drag her from the altar, bound and gagged.Love in Exile
NYR
Overview:
When a king suddenly abdicates, his subjects are lead to believe that it is for the love of a foreigner in this romance. In reality, he is stepping down so avaricious businessmen can crown their own man king. The deposed monarch spends his exile on the Riviera, while the woman, filled with guilt because he stepped down for her, lives in Holland. Interestingly enough, Edward VIII the King of England abdicated for the love of American woman Wallis Simpson a few weeks after this British film was released.Palooka
3
Overview:
Joe Palooka is a naive young man whose father Pete was a champion boxer, but his lifestyle caused Joe's mother Mayme to leave him and to take young Joe to the country to raise him.La Fiesta de Santa Barbara
5.917
Overview:
La Fiesta de Santa Barbara is a 1935 American comedy short film directed by Louis Lewyn. It was nominated for an Academy Award at the 9th Academy Awards in 1936 for Best Short Subject (Color). It features a young, pre-stardom 13-year-old Judy Garland singing "La Cucaracha" with her two sisters (billed as "The Garland Sisters"). In the film, Hollywood stars participate in a Mexican-themed revue and festival in Santa Barbara. Andy Devine, the "World's Greatest Matador," engages in a bullfight with a dubious bovine supplied by Buster Keaton, and musical numbers are provided by Joe Morrison and The Garland Sisters. Comedy bits and dance numbers are also featured.Kind Lady
6.6
Overview:
Mary, a woman with good intentions, takes pity on Henry, an artist with no home. What begins as a simple offer to come inside from the cold for tea gradually turns into more. Before the unsuspecting woman knows it, Henry, his family, and his friends con their way into her home. Eventually, Mary creates a ruse to rid herself of the parasites, but they have a different plan.Night Court
6.4
Overview:
A corrupt night court judge tears an innocent young family apart in his efforts to elude a special prosecutor.Bing Crosby: Rediscovered
7
Overview:
Bing Crosby was, without a doubt, the most popular and influential multi-media star of the first half of the twentieth century, pulling audiences in with his intimate, laid-back voice and innate charm. Narrated by Stanley Tucci and directed by Robert Trachtenberg, this film explores the life and legend of this iconic performer, revealing a personality far more complex than the image the public had only thought they'd known.College Humor
5.6
Overview:
A college professor and the school's star football player are both rivals for the same beautiful coed.Million Dollar Ransom
NYR
Overview:
To stop his mother from marrying a man he doesn't like, a young millionaire hires an ex-con in helping him fake his own kidnaping.Doctor Rhythm
6
Overview:
Dr. Bill Remsen pretends to be a policeman, and ends up being assigned to guard Judy Marlowe. Amazingly, he falls in love with her.Double or Nothing
6.6
Overview:
A philanthropist's will dictates that four people receive $5,000 apiece, with the stipulation that the first one who can double the amount -- without dishonesty-- will win a cool million. Hindering the four are the avaricious relatives of the late millionaire.Down To Earth
7
Overview:
Husband and father Will Rogers tells his spoiled wife and children that they have to economize.Handy Andy
1
Overview:
A small-town druggist is henpecked by his social-climbing wife to sell his pharmacy to a national chain. In addition, she tries to set up her pretty young daughter with the nitwit son of the chain's owner, even though the girl is in love with the handsome son of the town doctor. Finally the druggist decides he's had enough and takes matters into his own hands.The Great Hotel Murder
5.75
Overview:
Crime novelist Roger Blackwood competes with hotel house detective Andy McCabe in solving a murder by poisoning at a medical convention.Fighting Thoroughbreds
NYR
Overview:
A prize-winning stallion breeds off-guard with a mare owned by his rival. The colt is trained to race from birth, eventually running in the Kentucky Derby against another horse owned by its sire.Rovin' Tumbleweeds
4.5
Overview:
Rancher Autry takes a job singing on the radio to aid farmers and ranchers whose lands were destroyed by raging floods. Blaming crooked politicians, he goes to Washington and tries to put through a food control bill and finds he has a lot to learn. In this classic release, Gene introduces his immortal theme song, "Back in the Saddle Again," which has gone on to become a piece of American History.Acting
2014Bing Crosby: Rediscovered as Self (archive footage)
1943Dead Men Walk as Gayle Clayton
1942Baby Face Morgan as Virginia Clark
1942Torpedo Boat as Jane Townsend
1941Rags to Riches as Carol Patrick
1940Dance, Girl, Dance as Sally
1939Rovin' Tumbleweeds as Mary Ford
1939Call a Messenger as Marge Hogan
1939Beware Spooks! as Betty Lou Gifford
1939Hawaiian Nights as Millie
1939Inside Information as Crystal
1939Fighting Thoroughbreds as Marian
1938Say It in French as Phyllis Carrington
1938Illegal Traffic as Carol Butler
1938Touchdown, Army as Toni Denby
1938Hunted Men as Jane Harris
1938Doctor Rhythm as Judy Marlowe
1938Tip-Off Girls as Marjorie Rogers
1937Hold 'Em Navy as Judy Holland
1937Double or Nothing as Vicki Clark
1937Hotel Haywire as Phyllis
1936Love in Exile as Emily Stewart
1936Lady Be Careful as Billie 'Stonewall' Jackson
1935La Fiesta de Santa Barbara as Self
1935Kind Lady as Phyllis
1935It's in the Air as Grace Gridley
1935The Old Homestead as Nancy Abbott
1935Champagne for Breakfast as Edie Morton
1935One Frightened Night as Doris Waverly
1935The Great Hotel Murder as Olive Temple
1935Grand Old Girl as Gerry Killaine
1934Girl o' My Dreams as Gwen
1934Kentucky Kernels as Gloria Wakefield
1934That's Gratitude as Dora Maxwell
1934Million Dollar Ransom as Francesca Shelton
1934Handy Andy as Janice Yates
1934Murder in the Private Car as Ruth Raymond
1934Once to Every Woman as Andros
1934This Side of Heaven as Peggy Turner
1934Palooka as Anne Howe
1933Should Ladies Behave as Leone Merrick
1933East of Fifth Avenue as Edna Howard
1933The Sweetheart of Sigma Chi as Vivian
1933Saturday's Millions as Thelma Springer
1933Ladies Must Love as Sally Lou Cateret
1933College Humor as Barbara Shirrel
1933Men Must Fight as Evelyn
1932Her Mad Night as Constance 'Connie' Kennedy
1932Smilin' Through as Young Party Guest
1932Down To Earth as Jackie Harper
1932Ship A Hooey! as Daisy
1932Now's the Time as Unknown
1932Night Court as Elizabeth Osgood
1932Grand Hotel as Mrs. Hoffman - Young Honeymooner (uncredited), Young Honeymooner Mrs. Hoffman (uncredited)
1932Hotel Continental as Alicia
1932This Reckless Age as Cassandra Phelps
1931The Great Lover as Blonde Autograph Seeker (uncredited)
1930The Devil's Cabaret as Impy (uncredited)
1930Passion Flower as Blonde Party Guest (uncredited)
1930Madam Satan as Little Bo Peep (uncredited)
1930Children of Pleasure as Secretary (uncredited)
1930Montana Moon as Party Girl (uncredited)
1930The Girl Said No as Party Guest
1923Long Live the King as Minor Role (uncredited)