| Mary Jane Irving | |
| Birth Date: | October 20, 1913 |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Other Names: | Jane Irving |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1917–1938 |
Mary Jane Irving (October 20, 1913 - July 17, 1983) was an American actress. She appeared in 58 films between 1917 and 1938.
Irving debuted in films when she was 2 years old. She "played a lot of baby roles, then disappeared from the picture."[1] She returned to film in The Godless Girl (1928). Irving portrayed Mary in the film Tom Sawyer (1930).[2] Her "first grown-up characterization" came in Arsène Lupin (1932).[1]
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.[3]
Irving attended Hollywood High School.[4]
Irving was married to screenwriter Robert Carson until his death in 1983.[5] Seven months after her husband's death, Irving died in Los Angeles, California.
| Film | Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | The Square Deal Man | Blossom - the child | ||
| 1918 | The One Woman | Girl | ||
| An Alien Enemy | Fräulein Bertha Meyer | |||
| Patriotism | Mimi | |||
| The White Lie | Mary Jane | |||
| The Heart of Rachael | Rachael's daughter | |||
| The Temple of Dusk | Blossom | |||
| 1919 | Will You Be Staying for Supper? | |||
| The Brand | The Child | |||
| Tangled Threads | Little Barbara | |||
| The Woman Michael Married | Girl | |||
| The Westerners | Little Molly Welch | |||
| The Gray Horizon | Kenneth Furthman | |||
| Desert Gold | The Child | |||
| Almost a Husband | Little Girl | Uncredited | ||
| 1920 | Live Sparks | Undetermined Role | ||
| The Luck of Geraldine Laird | Child | |||
| A Woman Who Understood | Peggy Knight | |||
| 1921 | The Home Stretch | Gwen Duffy | ||
| A Certain Rich Man | Young Janet Barclay | |||
| A Broken Doll | Rosemary | |||
| 1922 | The Cradle | Doris Harvey | ||
| Travelin' On | Mary Jane Morton | |||
| When Romance Rides | Bostie Bostil | |||
| Golden Dreams | Child Clown | Credited as Jane Irving | ||
| The Top of New York | Susan Gray | |||
| Borderland | Totty | |||
| 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 | |
| Little Church Around the Corner | Little Hetty (As a child) | |||
| An Old Sweetheart of Mine | Mary Ellen Anderson (As a girl) | |||
| Cordelia the Magnificent | François | |||
| The Age of Desire | Margy (age 10) | |||
| The Light That Failed | Young Maisie | |||
| 1924 | The Stranger | Maizie Darrant | ||
| Fair Week | Tinkle | |||
| Good Bad Boy | Judge Fawcett's daughter | |||
| 1925 | The Golden Bed | Margaret (As a child) | Uncredited | |
| The Shining Adventure | Lamey | |||
| Sky's the Limit | Richard Hamilton's daughter | |||
| The Tower of Lies | Little girl | |||
| The Splendid Road | Hester Gephart | |||
| 1926 | Lovey Mary | Asia | Alternative title: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch | |
| Scotty of the Scouts | Mary Andrews | |||
| 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 | |
| Tom Sawyer | Mary | |||
| 1932 | Without Honor | Bernice Donovan | Alternative title: Without Honors | |
| Arsène Lupin | Marie | |||
| Probation | Gwen | Alternative title: Second Chances | ||
| Mother's Holiday | The Daughter | |||
| 1933 | Malay Nights | Salvation Lass | Alternative title: Shadows of Singapore | |
| 1934 | Student Tour | Student | Uncredited | |
| Gunfire | Sally Moore | |||
| 1936 | Follow the Fleet | Uncredited | ||
| 1937 | A Star Is Born | Uncredited | ||
| 1938 | Having Wonderful Time | Camp Guest | Uncredited |