Mary Anderson

Mary Bebe Anderson (April 3, 1918 – April 6, 2014) was an American actress, who appeared in 31 films and 22 television productions between 1939 and 1965. She was best known for her small supporting role in the film Gone With the Wind as well as one of the main characters in Alfred Hitchcock's 1944 film Lifeboat.

Early life Anderson's younger brother James Anderson (1921–1969) was also an actor, best known as Bob Ewell in To Kill a Mockingbird (1962). They appeared in one film together, 1951's Hunt the Man Down.

Career

After two uncredited roles, Anderson made her first important screen appearance in Gone With the Wind (1939). After auditioning as one of the 1,400 actresses involved in the search for Scarlett, she received the supporting role of Maybelle Merriwether.

In 1944, Anderson played Alice the nurse, one of the ten characters in the Alfred Hitchcock film Lifeboat. Ending her film career in the early 1950s, she occasionally acted on television, for example as Catherine Harrington on Peyton Place in 1964 (episodes 2-20). She made a guest appearance in Perry Mason as Arlene Scott in "The Case of the Rolling Bones" (1958).

Death Anderson died from a stroke in Burbank, California, on April 6, 2014, at the age of 96.

Partial filmography Year Film Role Director Notes 1939 The Women Young Girl George Cukor uncredited 1939 Gone with the Wind Maybelle Merriwether Victor Fleming 1939 Mendelssohn's Wedding March Hilda uncredited 1940 'Til We Meet Again Girl William K. Howard uncredited 1940 Flight Angels Daisy Lou Lewis Seiler 1940 The Sea Hawk Maid of Honor Michael Curtiz uncredited 1940 All This, and Heaven Too Rebecca Jay Anatole Litvak 1940 My Love Came Back Woman Mistaken for Amelia by Tony Curtis Bernhardt uncredited 1940 A Dispatch from Reuter's Girl with Max William Dieterle uncredited 1941 Cheers for Miss Bishop Amy Saunders Tay Garnett 1941 Under Age Edie Baird Edward Dmytryk 1941 Henry Aldrich for President Phyllis Michael Hugh Bennett 1941 Bahama Passage Mary Ainsworth Edward H. Griffith 1942 Henry and Dizzy Phyillis Michael Hugh Bennett 1943 The Song of Bernadette Jeanne Abadie Henry King 1944 Lifeboat Alice MacKenzie Alfred Hitchcock 1944 The Keys of the Kingdom John M. Stahl uncredited 1944 Wilson Eleanor Wilson Henry King 1945 Within These Walls Anne Howland H. Bruce Humberstone 1945 A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Elia Kazan uncredited 1946 Behind Green Lights Nora Bard Otto Brower 1946 To Each His Own Corinne Piersen Mitchell Leisen 1947 Whispering City Mary Roberts Fedor Ozep 1950 The Asphalt Jungle Police Broadcaster John Huston voice, uncredited 1950 The Underworld Story Molly Rankin Cy Endfield 1950 Last of the Buccaneers Swallow Lew Landers 1950 Hunt the Man Down Alice McGuire / Peggy Linden George Archainbaud 1951 Chicago Calling Mary Cannon John Reinhardt 1951 Passage West Myra Johnson 1952 One Big Affair Hilda Jones Peter Godfrey 1953 I, the Jury Eileen Vickers Harry Essex 1953 Dangerous Crossing Anna Quinn Joseph M. Newman 1959 Jet Over the Atlantic Maria Byron Haskin 1962 Lawman Martha Carson Richard C. Sarafian "S4/E37 "The Actor" 1965 Daniel Boone Marni Tolson John Florea S2/E12 "The First Beau" 1980 Cheech and Chong's Next Movie Old Lady in Music Store Tommy Chong uncredited; final film role