Mary Boylan

Actress

February 23, 1913 (70 years)

† February 18, 1984

Plattsburgh, New York, USA

Biography

Mary Boylan was born on 23 February 1913 in Plattsburgh, New York, USA. She was an actress, known for Annie Hall (1977), Alice, Sweet Alice (1976) and The Night of the Iguana (1964). She died on 18 February 1984 in New York City, New York, USA.

Filmography

7.7

The Exorcist

First Mental Patient (uncredited)

When a mysterious entity possesses a young girl, her mother seeks the help of two Catholic priests to save her life.

7.5

Midnight Cowboy

Old Lady in Subway (uncredited)

Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.

7.7

Annie Hall

Miss Reed

New York comedian Alvy Singer falls in love with the ditsy Annie Hall.

7.2

The Night of the Iguana

Miss Peebles

A defrocked Episcopal clergyman leads a bus-load of middle-aged Baptist women on a tour of the Mexican coast and comes to terms with the failure haunting his life.

7.1

The Wrong Man

Curious Deli Customer (uncredited)

In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.

6.4

Alice, Sweet Alice

Mother Superior

Alice is a withdrawn 12-year-old who lives with her mother and her younger sister, Karen, who gets most of the attention from her mother, leaving Alice out of the spotlight. When Karen is found brutally murdered in a church, suspicions start to turn toward Alice. But could a 12-year-old girl really be capable of such savagery?

6.5

Bad

Grandmother

Hazel runs a beauty salon out of her house, but makes extra money by providing ruthless women the oppurtunity to perform hit jobs. L.T. is a parasite, and contacts Hazel looking for work after he runs out of money. She is reluctant to use him for a hit, since she prefers using women, but decides to try him on a trial basis. Meanwhile, the cop she pays off wants an arrest to make it look like he's doing his job, but Hazel doesn't want to sacrifice any of her "associates". The sleazy side of life is explored in this delightfully dark and deadpan film.

6.1

The Anderson Tapes

Bus Station Lady (uncredited)

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

6.5

Heartland

Ma Gillis

Widowed Elinor Randall and her young daughter Jerrine arrive in a barren stretch of Wyoming in 1910 after Elinor's application for work as a housekeeper is accepted by Clyde Stewart, a rancher. The work is back-breaking and the isolation is brutal, particularly as winter arrives. Elinor begins to think about homesteading her own property near Stewart's ranch, but Stewart tries to dissuade her with explanations about the killing conditions and poor rewards, especially for a woman with no man to help her ranch. Although their temperaments are different and little affection exists, Elinor and Stewart agree to marry and combine homesteads. What lies ahead is the severest test of all.

5.7

The Night They Raided Minsky's

Laughing Lady in the Audience (uncredited)

Rachel arrives in New York from her Amish community intent on becoming a dancer. Unfortunately Billy Minsky's Burlesque is hardly the place for her Dances From The Bible. But the show's comedian Raymond sees a way of wrong-footing the local do-gooders by announcing the new Paris sensation "Mme Fifi" and putting on Rachel's performance as the place is raided. All too complicated, the more so since her father is scouring the town for her and both Raymond and his straight-man Chick are falling for Rachel.

6.8

Odds Against Tomorrow

Bank Secretary (uncredited)

An old-time crook plans a heist. When one of his two partners is found out to be a black man tensions flare.

8.0

Sanctuary of Fear

Mrs. Blount

A Manhattan priest with a penchant for solving crimes goes to the aid of a young actress. She is becoming enmeshed in a series of bizarre incidents she can't explain, and her complaints to the police have gone ignored.

5.9

Edge of Fury

Jenny

A psychopathic young beachcomber pretends to befriend a mother and two daughters living at their summer home.

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