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Mae Clarke

Highest Rated: 100% Singin' in the Rain (1952)

Lowest Rated: 10% Not as a Stranger (1955)

Birthday: Aug 16, 1910

Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

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 marvelous 1931 film. Whale also gave Clarke a much more challenging role in "Waterloo Bridge" the same year. In the first screen version (twice remade with Vivien Leigh and Leslie Caron) of Robert Sherwood's play, Clarke was superb as the young woman forced into prostitution during WWI. Clarke appeared mainly in supporting roles from the 40s onward.

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Highest-Rated Movies

100% 95% Singin' in the Rain Watchlist
100% 84% The Public Enemy
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100% 65% Wichita
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94% 87% Frankenstein
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91% 70% Royal Wedding
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88% 59% The Front Page
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82% 33% Lady From Chungking
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71% Nana
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70% 68% Flying Tigers
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17% 71% The Catered Affair
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Filmography

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A Big Hand for the Little Lady 85% 1966 Mrs. Craig Actor The Voice in the Mirror 1958 Mrs. Robbins Actor Mohawk 1956 Minikah Actor The Catered Affair 17% 71% 1956 Saleswoman (uncredited) Actor Not as a Stranger 10% 53% 1955 Nurse Odell Actor Women's Prison 26% 1955 Matron Saunders Actor Wichita 100% 65% 1955 Mrs. Mary Elizabeth McCoy Actor Skirts Ahoy! 52% 1952 Miss LaValle (uncredited) Actor Singin' in the Rain 100% 95% 1952 Hairdresser (uncredited) Actor Because of You 1952 Miss Peach/Nurse Peachie Actor Callaway Went Thataway 30% 1951 Mother on Train (uncredited) Actor Royal Wedding 91% 70% 1951 Telephone operator #1 (uncredited) Actor Duchess of Idaho 47% 1950 Betty the Flower Girl Actor King of the Rocket Men 95% 1949 Glenda Thomas Actor Lost Planet Airmen 1949 Actor Gun Runner 1949 Kate Diamond Actor Streets of San Francisco 1949 Actor Daredevils of the Clouds 1948 Kay Cameron Actor Kitty 1945 Molly Actor Lady From Chungking 82% 33% 1942 Lavara Actor Flying Tigers 70% 68% 1942 Verna Bales Actor Women in War 1940 Gail Halliday Actor Hearts in Bondage 1936 Constance Jordan Actor Great Guy 40% 1936 Janet Henry Actor Hitch Hike Lady 1936 Judith Martin Actor
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