# Mary Jane Irving

Mary Jane Irving (October 20, 1913 – July 17, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938.

## Biography

Irving debuted in films when she was 2 years old. She "played a lot of baby roles, then disappeared from the picture." She returned to film in The Godless Girl (1928). Irving portrayed Mary in the film Tom Sawyer (1930). Her "first grown-up characterization" came in Arsène Lupin (1932).
Irving's off-screen work as an adult included being the stand-in for Janet Gaynor. The two looked enough alike that Irving was sometimes mistaken for Gaynor.
Irving attended Hollywood High School.
Irving was married to screenwriter Robert Carson until his death in 1983. Seven months after her husband's death, Irving died in Los Angeles, California.

## Filmography

| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
| 1917 | The Square Deal Man | Blossom - the child | |
| 1918 | The One Woman | Girl | |
| 1918 | An Alien Enemy | Fräulein Bertha Meyer | |
| 1918 | Patriotism | Mimi | |
| 1918 | The White Lie | Mary Jane | |
| 1918 | The Heart of Rachael | Rachael's daughter | |
| 1918 | The Temple of Dusk | Blossom | |
| 1919 | Will You Be Staying for Supper? | | |
| 1919 | The Brand | The Child | |
| 1919 | Tangled Threads | Little Barbara | |
| 1919 | The Woman Michael Married | Girl | |
| 1919 | The Westerners | Little Molly Welch | |
| 1919 | The Gray Horizon | Kenneth Furthman | |
| 1919 | Desert Gold | The Child | |
| 1919 | Almost a Husband | Little Girl | Uncredited |
| 1920 | Live Sparks | Undetermined Role | |
| 1920 | The Luck of Geraldine Laird | Child | |
| 1920 | A Woman Who Understood | Peggy Knight | |
| 1921 | The Home Stretch | Gwen Duffy | |
| 1921 | A Certain Rich Man | Young Janet Barclay | |
| 1921 | A Broken Doll | Rosemary | |
| 1922 | The Cradle | Doris Harvey | |
| 1922 | Travelin' On | Mary Jane Morton | |
| 1922 | When Romance Rides | Bostie Bostil | |
| 1922 | Golden Dreams | Child Clown | Credited as Jane Irving |
| 1922 | The Top of New York | Susan Gray | |
| 1922 | Borderland | Totty | |
| 1922 | Heart's Haven | Ella Laird | |
| 1923 | Lost and Found on a South Sea Island | Baby Madge | Alternative titles: Captain Blackbird Lost and Found Passion of the Sea |
| 1923 | Little Church Around the Corner | Little Hetty (As a child) | |
| 1923 | An Old Sweetheart of Mine | Mary Ellen Anderson (As a girl) | |
| 1923 | Cordelia the Magnificent | François | |
| 1923 | The Age of Desire | Margy (age 10) | |
| 1923 | The Light That Failed | Young Maisie | |
| 1924 | The Stranger | Maizie Darrant | |
| 1924 | Fair Week | Tinkle | |
| 1924 | Good Bad Boy | Judge Fawcett's daughter | |
| 1925 | The Golden Bed | Margaret (As a child) | Uncredited |
| 1925 | The Shining Adventure | Lamey | |
| 1925 | Sky's the Limit | Richard Hamilton's daughter | |
| 1925 | The Tower of Lies | Little girl | |
| 1925 | The Splendid Road | Hester Gephart | |
| 1926 | Lovey Mary | Asia | Alternative title: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch |
| 1926 | Scotty of the Scouts | Mary Andrews | |
| 1926 | The Flaming Forest | Ruth McTavish | |
| 1927 | Night Life | Daughter of War Profiteer | |
| 1929 | The Godless Girl | The Victim | |
| 1930 | The Florodora Girl | Vibart Child | Alternative title: The Gay Nineties |
| 1930 | Tom Sawyer | Mary | |
| 1932 | Without Honor | Bernice Donovan | Alternative title: Without Honors |
| 1932 | Arsène Lupin | Marie | |
| 1932 | Probation | Gwen | Alternative title: Second Chances |
| 1932 | Mother's Holiday | The Daughter | |
| 1933 | Malay Nights | Salvation Lass | Alternative title: Shadows of Singapore |
| 1934 | Student Tour | Student | Uncredited |
| 1934 | Gunfire | Sally Moore | |
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | | Uncredited |
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | | Uncredited |
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | Camp Guest | Uncredited |