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Mae Clarke was an American stage, screen, and television actress. She is best known for being the recipient of Jimmy Cagney's half grapefruit in 'The Public Enemy' and for her role in 'Frankenstein'.
May 3, 1997 · A Grapefruit Put Mae Clarke on the Map. By STEPHANIE STASSEL. May 3, 1997 12 AM PT. Although she had co-starred with Boris Karloff in the original 1931 “Frankenstein,” Mae Clarke didn’t find ...
Mae Clarke – The Certain Doom Starlet. It wasn’t easy being Mae Clarke. Born the daughter of a film accompanist, she worked her way up from a night club singer in Atlantic City through vaudeville to the New York stage. She got a contract with Fox in 1929 and was picked up by Universal in 1930. She scored a big hit in the independent ...
Great Guy: Directed by John G. Blystone. With James Cagney, Mae Clarke, James Burke, Edward Brophy. The adventures of an investigator (Cagney) for the Bureau of Weights and Measures.
Here are 10 things you should know about Mae Clarke, born 113 years ago today. Her career in vaudeville, on Broadway, in pictures and on television spanned n...
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Mar 7, 2022 · Mae Clarke was born Violet Klotz in Philadelphia in 1910, which sounds like a mean joke from a W.C. Fields movie. She grew up in Atlantic City and was a young teenager when she started dancing professionally.
Apr 29, 1992 · WOODLAND HILLS, Calif. -- Mae Clarke, the saucy actress famed for having a grapefurit shoved in her face by James Cagney in 'The Public Enemy,' died of natural causes Wednesday at the Motion ...
