Biographies: Mae Clarke - Actor

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An American actress, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on August 16, 1910. When she was 13, she started performing in nightclubs and amateur theater. She auditioned at Twentieth Century Fox and presented her first films, Big Time (1929), then Nix on Dames (1929), after which she left the company, and appeared in the hit film The Front Page (1931), then she signed a contract with Universal Pictures, starring in films such as Waterloo Bridge (1931). Mae Clarke also played some comedic roles in films such as Three Wise Girls (1932) and Parole Girl (1933). However, she suffered several setbacks in her career in the thirties, as she had a nervous breakdown once in 1932 and again in 1934 due to overwork and marital problems, and she also had a serious car accident in 1933 leaving her with some facial scarring, which led her to work in low budget films, and her star began to wane. In the early fifties, she did some notable work on television. She retired after her last film appearance in Watermelon Man (1970) and devoted her remaining years to teaching drama, and to painting. Her most notable films include Frankenstein (1931), Waterloo Bridge (1931), Daredevils of the Clouds (1948), and King of the Rocket Men (1949). She died of cancer at the age of 81 in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, on April 29, 1992.

• 1 September 2021
• Dalia Saad