Mary Russell

Acting

Mary Russell

Born — Died

1912-04-22 — 2005-08-22

Place of birth

Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

30 titles

Mary Russell was born on April 22, 1912 in Oskaloosa, Iowa, USA. She was an actress, known for The Golden Trail (1937), Murder in Greenwich Village (1937) and Squadron of Honor (1938). She was married to Paul Ames. She died on August 22, 2005 in San Rafael, California, USA.

Known for

Film credits

1930s · 30 titles

Black Fury poster
6.3

A simple Pennsylvania coal miner is drawn into the violent conflict between union workers and management.

Black Fury

1935

My Marriage poster
6.7

When gangster's bullets put an end to the career of H.J. Barton, underworld gambling czar who masquerades as a respectable member of high society, his daughter Carol is left to bear the brunt of social stigma.

My Marriage

1936

Bordertown poster
5.9

An ambitious Mexican-American gets mixed up with the neurotic wife of his casino boss.

Bordertown

1935

A Lost Lady poster
5.8

A bitter woman who thinks she'll never love again marries, only to fall for a brash young man.

A Lost Lady

1934

The St. Louis Kid poster
6.3

Trucker Eddie Kennedy gets involved with the law when he has an car accident with Ann Reid and knocks the owner of a dairy out. He evades a penalty when he claims, that he had done it as an act of solidarism with the farmers. The farmers start an boycott action against this dairy, so the owner has to bring milk from elsewhere to his dairy, but the farmers closed the road, and Kennedy is arrested once more. He leaves jail at night to meet Ann, but meanwhile the owner has asked some mobsters to deliver the milk. One of the farmers is murdered, Ann Reid is missing and Eddie Kennedy is accused of murder.

The St. Louis Kid

1934

Gold Diggers of 1935 poster
6.4

Romance strikes when a vacationing millionairess and her daughter and son spend their vacation at a posh New England resort.

Gold Diggers of 1935

1935

Happiness Ahead poster
6.6

Society heiress Joan Bradford rebels against her mother's choice of a future husband by masquerading as a working class girl and dating a window washer.

Happiness Ahead

1934

The Man with Two Faces poster
6.8

Actress Jessica Wells, sister of actor Damon Wells, is on top of her form except when her husband Vance is around. When Vance takes her to the apartment of a theatrical producer she comes home incoherent and Vance is found dead in the vanished producer's hotel suite.

The Man with Two Faces

1934

Flirtation Walk poster
5.8

A private stationed in Hawaii gets involved with the general's engaged daughter. In order to avoid a scandal, the pair break up, but meet again years later when he's at West Point producing the annual play that turns out to star her.

Flirtation Walk

1934

Front Page Woman poster
5.9

Ace reporter Curt Devlin and fellow reporter Ellen Garfield love one another, but Curt believes women are "bum newspapermen". When a murder investigation ensues, the two compete every step of the way, determined to not be scooped by the other.

Front Page Woman

1935

Murder in Greenwich Village poster
5.8

A society girl is suspected of murdering an artist whose brother is a notorious racketeer. In her pursuit of an alibi, she inadvertently implicates a struggling advertisement photographer. Now they must keep up the appearance of being engaged as a bumbling detective snoops around, and their initial distaste for each other blossoms into romance.

Murder in Greenwich Village

1937

The Payoff poster
5.5

An honest sports columnist's greedy wife persuades him to go easy on a cheat, famous for crooked sports deals.

The Payoff

1935

Ah, Wilderness! poster
6.8

At the turn of the century, a young man graduates high school and realizes the joys and sorrows of growing up, with some loving help and guidance from his wise father. A tender, coming-of-age story, with a wonderful look at a long-gone, but fondly remembered, small town America.

Ah, Wilderness!

1935

Friends of Mr. Sweeney poster
6.8

Asaph (Charles Ruggles) is a meek, mild-mannered homebody who occasionally shows some backbone to his prudish, overbearing boss, only to be beaten down again. With the encouragement of his secretary Beulah (Ann Dvorak), his old college team-mate Wynn (Eugene Pallette) and some liquor, Asaph regains some of his wild-man soul. Watch out world!

Friends of Mr. Sweeney

1934

A Night at the Ritz poster
6.5

A PR man talks a swanky hotel into hiring his girlfriend's brother as chef.

A Night at the Ritz

1935

Roarin' Lead poster
5.7

The Three Mesquiteers fight cattle rustlers.

Roarin' Lead

1936

The Personality Kid poster
4.4

An arrogant boxer (Pat O'Brien) discovers his wife (Glenda Farrell) had a hand in his success.

The Personality Kid

1934

The Luckiest Girl in the World poster
7.2

A wealthy society girl must live on $150 a month to prove to her father that she can stand being married to a poor man.

The Luckiest Girl in the World

1936

Larceny on the Air poster
7.0

A doctor working with the Bureau of Pure Foods and Drugs, uses radio broadcasts to expose fraudulent patent medicines.

Larceny on the Air

1937

The Secret Bride poster
6.2

Before Ruth Vincent, daughter of a state governor, and state attorney general Robert Sheldon can announce their marriage, the governor is accused of taking bribes. To avoid the appearance of a conflict of interest, they decide to keep their marriage secret. The political intrigue complicates, and no one is quite what they seem. Soon, Sheldon and Ruth must decide between saving the governor's career and an innocent person's life.

The Secret Bride

1934

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan poster
5.8

A young doctor is determined to expose the killer when a surgeon is found stabbed to death in a hospital elevator.

The Murder of Dr. Harrigan

1936

The Riders of the Whistling Skull poster
5.7

When Professor Marsh disappears while searching for the lost city of Lukachukai, his daughter enlists the help of the Three Mesquiteers.

The Riders of the Whistling Skull

1937

Beware Of Ladies poster
6.0

An unhappily married newspaper reporter discovers she's being used as a pawn in a scheme to discredit the political candidate she's been assigned to write about.

Beware Of Ladies

1936

The Big Show poster
4.7

At the Texas Centennial in Dallas Autry confuses two girls by being himself and his own stunt double. When cowboy star Tom Ford disappears, Wilson gets his double Gene Autry to impersonate him. But Ford owes gangster Rico $10,000 and Rico arrives to collect. He fails to get the money but learns that Autry is an impersonator and now blackmails Wilson and his movie studio. Original version runs 71 minutes, edited version runs 59 minutes.

The Big Show

1936

The Silver Trail poster
5.6

Western, featuring Rin Tin Tin Jr., about a man trying to find an old friend in a town that is trying to deceive him.

The Silver Trail

1937

Women in Prison poster
8.0

The superintendent of a women's prison is pressured to pardon a member of a criminal gang. When she refuses, her daughter is framed on a manslaughter charge and sent to prison.

Women in Prison

1938

The Mandarin Mystery poster
5.1

Ellery Queen solves a mystery involving a valuable stamp.

The Mandarin Mystery

1936

Extortion poster
7.0

In this B potboiler, a college professor finds himself suspected of a murder on his school's campus.

Extortion

1938

Squadron of Honor poster
7.0

Squadron of Honor takes place during an American Legion convention, with newsreel shots of the genuine article interspersed among the reenacted scene. A murder is committed, and young legionnaire Blane (Don Terry) wants to find out who's responsible. The cops are convinced that pacifistic munitions executive Metcalf (Thurston Hall) committed the crime, but in fact Metcalf has been framed by pro-war armaments manufacturer Kimball (Robert Warwick).

Squadron of Honor

1938

Man Bites Lovebug poster
6.5

To test his wife, Charley's friend puts him up to making a play for her, but she's on to it and pretends she's fallen for him, infuriating the friend. Charley must stay overnight, and unexpected complications put him in the wife's bedroom.

Man Bites Lovebug

1937