Madlaine Traverse (born Mary Businsky; August 1, 1875 – January 7, 1964) was an American stage and screen actress.

(1920) director Edmund Lawrence required Traverse to wear the clothes of a Boer woman of South Africa.

Lawrence stressed realism to the point of insisting that Traverse not wash her face for several days before her scenes were shot.

Her wardrobe for the motion picture was purchased in Paris and she stayed in Fort Lee, New Jersey while on location.

Mary Pickford, who starred with her in Poor Little Rich Girl, visited her in 1962, which was the highlight of her retirement years.