Mae Clarke

AKA:
Mary Klotz
Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
08/16/1910
Birthplace:
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Death Date:
04/29/1992
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This blonde leading lady of the 1930s was a former cabaret dancer and Broadway actress. With attractive but unremarkable looks, Clarke kept very busy during her first decade in films, most notably as the woman on the receiving end of James Cagney's quicksilver temper. In "The Public Enemy" (1931), the film which made Cagney a star, Clarke received the famous grapefruit-in-the-face, and in "Lady Killer" (1933), Cagney dragged Clarke around by the hair. Clarke also suffered memorably at the hands of Frankenstein's monster; Boris Karloff carried her off on her wedding day in James Whale's Continued
Credits
Actor
1942
Actor
1931
milestones
Year
Milestone
1923 
Debut as cabaret dancer
1925 
Stage acting debut
1929 
First film as actress, "Big Time"
1970 
Retired from film acting to teach drama
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