Aileen Manning — This Movie Actress is an Architect (1927) 🇺🇸

She comes of a famous family, she designs and builds homes, and she now aims to further the cause of the new and younger mother type in pictures.

These are the interesting facts about Aileen Manning, whom you may recall from her work in Main Street, The Snob and, more recently, in The Whole Town’s Talking.

Before coming to Hollywood she had little thought of acting. In Denver, Colorado, she had tried out her talent for home building. Hearing that California offered greater possibilities, Nancy she left the Colorado metropolis. When she arrived on the Kelley Coast, though, California happened to be experiencing a slump instead of a boom.

This was just about a decade ago, and when prospects didn’t look good for her as a bungalow architect, Miss Manning applied for a chance in films and got it.

Grand dames have been her forte, but what she really likes best are small-town and spinster characterizations, such as she played in Main Street and The Snob. Her desire now is to play mothers,

If she can convince the producers that she is the type. The recent arrival on the screen of the less mature mother has given her more hope of realizing this ambition.

Miss Manning hasn’t given up her home building. She does it on the side.

Collection: Picture Play Magazine, January 1927