 (18
June 1891, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia - 19 April 1946, San
Fernando Valley, California)
Annie May Busch was born in Melbourne, Australia and worked in both
silent and sound films in early Hollywood. Mae was a member of a
musical family. She first appeared on stage and then in vaudeville.
She worked at Keystone Studios and, most memorably, with Laurel and
Hardy at the Hal Roach Studios.
Over the years she was well billed in many films, including being
directed by Erich Von Stoeheim in The Devil's Passkey and Foolish
Wives (1922). Although 1927 was the year of her first movie with
Laurel and Hardy, it wasn't until Unaccustomed As We Are that she
first played Mrs. Hardy, the role that she will always be remembered
for. She was Mrs. Hardy again in Their First Mistake (1932), Sons of
the Desert (1933), The Private Life of Oliver the Eighth and The
Bohemian Girl.
Mae's Hollywood career lasted 30 years, appearing in 132 films from
1912 until 1949. |
