Mari Aldon

Mari Aldon
Mari Aldon with Richard Webb in 1951
Born	November 17, 1925 Taurage, Lithuania
Died	October 31, 2004 (aged 78) Las Vegas, Nevada United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1946–1968

Mari Aldon (November 17, 1925 – October 31, 2004) was a Lithuanian-born American actress. After making her screen debut in a minor role in The Locket (1946) she gradually evolved to playing supporting or lead roles. Her most notable performance was starring opposite Gary Cooper in the 1951 Western Distant Drums. By the mid-1950s she was appearing either in B Pictures like the British thriller Mask of Dust (1954) or in supporting roles in more expensive films such as David Lean's Summertime (1955). After this point she worked largely in television.

She was the wife of film director Tay Garnett.^[1]

Selected filmography

• The Tanks Are Coming (1951)
• Distant Drums (1951)
• Tangier Incident (1953)
• Mask of Dust (1954)
• The Barefoot Contessa (1954)
• Summertime (1955)

References

1. Aaker p.85

Bibliography

• Aaker, Everett. George Raft: The Films. McFarland, 2013.

External links

• Mari Aldon at the Internet Movie Database