Mae bush

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Mae Busch, Stars of the Photoplay , 1924
Mae Busch, The Blue Book of the Screen , 1923

Annie Mae Busch (born June 18, 1891 in Melbourne , Australia , † April 20, 1946 in Hollywood , California ) was an Australian film actress who appeared after first stage appearances and in vaudeville in both silent and sound films . She was best known as the quarrelsome wife of Oliver Hardy in numerous films by Laurel and Hardy .

Life

Busch was the daughter of a conductor and an opera singer. In 1900 her family moved to the United States , where they attended a convent school in Madison , New Jersey .

She got her first two roles in the film in 1912 in the productions "The Agitator" and "The Water Nymph". The silent film Foolish Women by and with Erich von Stroheim , released in 1922, also made her internationally known. At the height of her career, Busch was known as the "versatile vamp ". After a break of several years, Busch returned to direct the films "Masquerade in Mexico" and "Stork Club". In total, she appeared in about 130 films.

She later also worked as a comedian for Keystone Studios and appeared in 14 films with the comedian duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy . She often played the quarreling wife of Hardy, more rarely of Laurel, or played other mostly dodgy and arrogant female opponents of the duo, such as the nasty murderess in Oliver the Eight .

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

Filmography (selection)

literature

  • Frank-Burkhard Habel : “Crazy with desire”. The film divas from the silent film era. A passionate look back to the time of the first stars. Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-89602-128-1 .

Web links

Commons : Mae Busch  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Wes D. Gehring: Laurel & Hardy. A bio-bibliography. Greenwood Press, New York NY et al. 1990, ISBN 0-313-25172-X , pp. 65-66.
personal data
SURNAME Bush, Mae
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Busch, Annie Mae (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Australian film actress
DATE OF BIRTH June 18, 1891
PLACE OF BIRTH Melbourne , Australia
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 1946
Place of death Hollywood , California , United States