Mari Aldon, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mari Aldon

American actress

Date of Birth: 17-Nov-1925

Place of Birth: Tauragė, Tauragė County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 31-Oct-2004

Profession: actor, film actor

Nationality: United States, Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Mari Aldon (November 17, 1925 – October 31, 2004; real name Aldona Pauliute) was a Lithuanian American actress.
Aldon was born in Taurage, Lithuania.
When she was three years old, her parents moved to Toronto where she attended Givens Public School and Central High School.
She studied ballet, drama, piano, and singing.
Before she began working in films, she acted for 11 months in a road company of A Streetcar Named Desire and danced with the Canadian Ballet.
She also appeared on radio with Alan Young and on The Great Gildersleeve.After making her screen debut in a minor role in The Locket (1946) she gradually evolved to playing supporting or lead roles.
Her most notable performance was starring opposite Gary Cooper in the 1951 Western Distant Drums.
By the mid-1950s she was appearing either in B Pictures like the British thriller Mask of Dust (1954) or in supporting roles in more expensive films such as David Lean's Summertime (1955).
After this point she worked largely in television. She was the wife of film director Tay Garnett.