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The Merry Widow
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Mae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. Murray rose to fame during the silent film era and was known as "The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen".
Mae Murray. Actress: The Merry Widow. Dubbed "The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips" and "The Gardenia of the Screen," silent screen star Mae Murray was born in New York City as Marie Adrienne Koenig on May 10, 1885.
Mae Murray was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter. During the silent film era, she was known as ‘The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips’ and ‘The Gardenia of the Screen.’
Mar 8, 2023 · Mae Murray was a Broadway dancer and Silent Era actress who lived her life as one big dream. But between her ruinous marriages and foolish career choices, she might as well have been living a nightmare—albeit a glamorous one.
Actress Mae Murray’s famous epithet, “The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips” describes far more than her cupid-bowed mouth; it evokes something unusual, distracting, and for some of her fans perhaps even overwhelming.
In one of her last screen appearances in 1950, silent star Mae Murray discusses the famous "heart throbs" of yesterday, interviewed by Ralph Staub.
Jan 21, 2013 · One artist’s depiction of a homeless Mae Murray. When musical comedy star Peggy Fears learned of Mae’s distress in the 1940s, she made arrangements for Mae to move into a maid’s room at the Hotel Des Artistes. Mae often stayed at The Royalton when she came to New York in the late 1950s.
