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Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the receiving end of James Cagney's halved grapefruit in The Public Enemy. Both films were released in 1931.
She was third-billed in James Whale 's Frankenstein (1931), as Elizabeth, the title character's bride-to-be. Her best moment in the film -- one of sheer terror -- comes when she is confronted by the monster ( Boris Karloff) in her own bedroom.
Frankenstein: Directed by James Whale. With Colin Clive, Mae Clarke, John Boles, Boris Karloff. Dr Henry Frankenstein is obsessed with assembling a living being from parts of several exhumed corpses.
Mae Clarke: Elizabeth. Showing all 19 items. Jump to: Photos (15) Quotes (4) Photos. Quotes. Baron Frankenstein : What's the matter with my son? What's he doing? Elizabeth : He's completing his experiments. That's all.
Dec 20, 2023 · Mae Clarke was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein...
Aug 23, 2021 · Mae Clarke, who had portrayed Henry Frankenstein's fiancee Elizabeth in Frankenstein, however, was unavailable for the sequel. According to Hollywood Horror: From Gothic to Cosmic, Clarke had left Universal Studios and suffered a series of nervous breakdowns that necessitated a retreat from acting. Clarke was replaced with 17-year-old ingenue ...
Elizabeth doesn't get to be an interesting character because Frankenstein is about men hiding away with men—and how that leads to tragedy and panic in the village. Bringing the big screen to life with description and analysis of Elizabeth Lavenza (Mae Clarke) in Frankenstein.
