{{short description|American film actress (1886–1946)}} {{Infobox person | name = Aileen Manning | image = Aileen Manning (Q2377047) (cropped).jpg | alt = | caption = Manning in ''Heart of Twenty'' (1920) | birth_name = | birth_date = January 20, 1886 | birth_place = | death_date = March 25, 1946 | death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1919–1931 }}
'''Aileen Manning''' (January 20, 1886 – March 25, 1946) was an American film actress.
Manning was in demand as a character actress in silent films.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1925-06-25|title=Aileen Manning|pages=1|work=Times-Advocate|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56970936/aileen-manning/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> She was known for her roles in silent and early sound films, including ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1927) and ''Huckleberry Finn'' (1931).<ref>{{Cite news|date=1928-03-22|title="Tom" Cast Is Notable|pages=11|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56971244/tom-cast-is-notable/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref>
About her performance in ''Everybody's Sweetheart'' (1920), ''Variety'' wrote that she "makes the character necessarily disagreeable, but true to life".<ref>"Moving Pictures: Everybody's Sweetheart." ''Variety'' (Archive: 1905-2000); Los Angeles Vol. 60, Iss. 7, (Oct 8, 1920): p. 41.</ref> She played Queen Anne in ''A Lady of Quality'' (1924); it was noted that she bore a resemblance to the character she was playing.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1923-06-27|title=Will Film Big Scenes|pages=27|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56971321/will-film-big-scenes/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1924-03-28|title=Shown Last Times in Theater Visalia Tonight|pages=5|work=Visalia Daily Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56972714/shown-last-times-in-theater-visalia/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> She played another queen, Elizabeth I, in the MGM short ''The Virgin Queen'' (1928).<ref name=":2">{{Cite book|last=Rainey|first=Buck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=i7veCQAAQBAJ&q=aileen+manning&pg=PA101|title=Serials and Series: A World Filmography, 1912–1956|year=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-4702-2|language=en}}</ref>
Manning lived at Hollywood-by-the-Sea.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1929-09-03|title=Open House at Burnham Cottage|page=2|work=Press-Courier|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56971393/open-house-at-burnham-cottage/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1929-09-03|title=Silver Screen Celebrity Here|pages=2|work=Press-Courier|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56971472/silver-screen-celebrity-here/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref> She died on March 25, 1946, in Hollywood.<ref>"Obituaries." ''Variety'' (Archive: 1905–2000); Los Angeles Vol. 162, Iss. 4, (Apr 3, 1946): 62.</ref><ref>{{Cite news|date=1946-03-28|title=Manning, Aileen|page=9|work=The Los Angeles Times|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/56972587/manning-aileen/|access-date=2020-08-09}}</ref>
== Filmography ==
* ''A Regular Fellow'' (1919) as Mrs. Horatio Grimm * ''The Little Shepherd of Kingdom Come'' (1920) as Cousin Lucy * ''Heart of Twenty'' (1920) as Aunt Lucy * ''Everybody's Sweetheart'' (1920) as Mrs. Willing<ref name=":0">{{Cite book|last=Connelly|first=Robert B.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=K7tPAAAAYAAJ&q=aileen+manning|title=The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910–36|date=1998|publisher=December Press|isbn=978-0-913204-36-8|language=en}}</ref> * ''Her Husband's Friend'' (1920) as Dr. Henrietta Carter * ''Home Stuff'' (1921) as Mrs. 'Pat' * ''Beauty's Worth'' (1922) as Aunt Cynthia Whitney * ''A Tailor-Made Man'' (1922) as Miss Shayn * ''Rags to Riches'' (1922) as Purist League member * ''The Power of Love'' (1922) as Ysabel Almeda * ''Mixed Faces'' (1922) as Mrs. Molly Crutcher * ''Nobody's Money'' (1923) as Prue Kimball<ref name=":0" /> * ''Main Street'' (1923) as Mrs. Stowbody * ''Lovers' Lane'' (1924) as Miss Mealy<ref>{{Cite book|last=Ankerich|first=Michael G.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DXVZAAAAMAAJ&q=aileen+manning|title=Broken Silence: Conversations with 23 Silent Film Stars|date=1993|publisher=McFarland & Co.|isbn=978-0-89950-835-1|language=en}}</ref> * ''The House of Youth'' (1924) as Aunt Maggie Endicott * ''The Snob'' (1924) as Lottie<ref>{{Cite book|last=Golden|first=Eve|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yiqtSteBU-8C&q=aileen+manning&pg=PT287|title=John Gilbert: The Last of the Silent Film Stars|year=2013|publisher=University Press of Kentucky|isbn=978-0-8131-4163-3|language=en}}</ref> * ''The Bridge of Sighs'' (1925) as Mrs. Smithers * ''Enticement'' (1925) as The Old Maid * ''Under the Rouge'' (1925) as Mrs. Fleck * ''Thank You'' (1925) as Hannah * ''Stella Maris'' (1925) as Mary Heaton<ref name=":0" /> * ''The Boy Friend'' (1926) (uncredited) * ''The Whole Town's Talking'' (1926) as Mrs. Van Loon * ''Uncle Tom's Cabin'' (1927) as Aunt Ophelia (as Aileen Mannin) * ''Man, Woman and Sin'' (1927) * ''The Virgin Queen'' (1928) (Short) as Queen Elizabeth<ref name=":2" /> * ''The Olympic Hero'' (1928) as Physical Instructress * ''Heart to Heart'' (1928) as Aunt Meta<ref name=":1">{{Cite book|last=Marshall|first=Wendy L.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Fj5LUYOQ_RkC&q=aileen+manning&pg=PA310|title=William Beaudine: From Silents to Television|date=2005|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-5218-1|language=en}}</ref> * ''Home, James'' (1928) as Mrs. Elliot<ref name=":1" /> * ''Vacation Waves'' (1928) (Short) as Eddie's Mother-in-law * ''A Single Man'' (1929) as Mrs. Farley<ref>{{Cite book|last=Rainey|first=Buck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=um5ZAAAAMAAJ&q=aileen+manning|title=Those Fabulous Serial Heroines: Their Lives and Films|date=1990|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-1911-5|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Rainey|first=Buck|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BeZkAAAAMAAJ&q=aileen+manning|title=Sweethearts of the Sage: Biographies and Filmographies of 258 Actresses Appearing in Western Movies|date=1992|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-89950-565-7|language=en}}</ref> * ''Sweetie'' (1929) as Miss Twill (uncredited) * ''Wedding Wings'' (1929) as Ester Quinn * ''The Third Alarm'' (1930) as Mrs. Craig – Orphanage Matron * ''Huckleberry Finn'' (1931) as Abigail Martin (uncredited) * ''Range Law'' (1931) as Ruth's Attendant
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Category:1886 births Category:1946 deaths Category:20th-century American actresses Category:American film actresses Category:American silent film actresses