- Mary fell victim to alcohol as her promising film career began to fade in the mid-1930s.
- Stage actress.
- Although many sources say she died from cirrhosis of the liver her death certificate states that she actually died from cardiac failure due to her chronic alcoholism. She had been addicted to alcohol for many years.
- Mary tried to give up drinking many times but she always relapsed. In 1944 she married actor Eddie Laughton. They moved into a modest home on Fuller Avenue in Los Angeles. Tragically on October 10, 1948 she died from cardiac failure caused by her chronic alcoholism.
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