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's Shylock in ''The Merchant of Venice'', and she appeared in the 1929 play '' Street Scene'', in the 1931 play ''Counsellor-at-Law'' starring

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, and as Queen Gertrude in ''Hamlet'' opposite both

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(1931) and

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(1936). She was a veteran stage actress when she made her first film in 1940 and made over 20 films by the time of her last film in 1949. When not in the theatre, her hobby was restoring old farmhouses. Mary Servoss died in Los Angeles on November 20, 1968. Her papers are housed in the Charles E. Young Research Library at

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. The collection includes "correspondence, photographs, books, scrapbooks, and printed materials related to Servoss' life and career." __NOTOC__

Select stage credits

*''Bedford's Hope'' (1906) *''The Master of the House'' (1912) *''Consequences'' (1914) *''Upstairs and Down'' (1916) *''Behold the Bridegroom'' (1927) *'' Street Scene'' (1929) *''Tortilla Flat'' (1938) *''Swan Song'' (1946) *''Medea'' (1949)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Servoss, Mary 1888 births 1968 deaths Actresses from Chicago 20th-century American actresses American film actresses American stage actresses