Mae Busch

Annie Mae Busch ( born June 18, 1891 in Melbourne, Australia, † April 20, 1946 in Hollywood, California ) was an Australian film actress who appeared in both silent films as well as in sound films, according to initial stage performances and vaudeville. She was known primarily as a shrewish wife of Oliver Hardy in numerous films of Laurel and Hardy.

Life

Busch was the daughter of a conductor and an opera singer. 1900 her family moved to the United States, where she attended in Madison, New Jersey a convent school. She worked for the Keystone Studios and was best known for the 14 rotated together with the comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy films in which they often represented the shrewish wife of Hardy. At the height of her career, Busch has been referred to as the " versatile Vamp ". After a few years break Busch returned to turn it to " Stork Club " at the movies " Masquerade in Mexico" and. Overall, she appeared in about 130 films, the first two roles was in 1912 in the productions " The Agitator " and "The Water Nymph ". The 1922 silent film appeared foolish women by and with Erich von Stroheim made ​​them internationally known.

Busch was married three times, including with the actor Francis McDonald. Your last marriage she went in 1936 with Thomas C. Tate one. She died after a long illness in 1946 at the age of 54 years in a hospital in the San Fernando Valley. She was the aunt of actress Brenda Scott.

Filmography (selection)

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