Mae Busch

Born: 1891-06-17 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Died: 1946-04-19

Known For: Acting

Biography

Mae Busch, born Annie May Busch, was an Australian stage and screen actress. Her first film appearances were in The Agitator and The Water Nymph, both released in 1912. At the pinnacle of her film career, Busch was known as the versatile vamp.

Filmography

2009

The Parrott Chase as (archive footage) (uncredited)

1992

Laurel and Hardy: A Tribute to the Boys as (archive footage)

1982

Dance of the Cookoos as Mrs. Hardy

1946

The Blue Dahlia as Jenny (Maid) (uncredited)
Cross My Heart as Juror

1945

The Stork Club as Vera (uncredited)

1938

Marie Antoinette as Mme. La Motte (uncredited)
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Chaperone (uncredited)
Prison Farm as Trixie
Nancy Drew… Detective as Miss Tyson

1937

Daughter of Shanghai as Lil

1936

The Accusing Finger as Younger Woman on Bus
The Bohemian Girl as Mrs. Hardy
The Amazing Exploits of the Clutching Hand as Mrs. Paul Gironda

1935

Tit for Tat as Mrs. Hall
The Fixer Uppers as Madame Pierre Gustave

1934

Them Thar Hills as Mrs. Hall
Going Bye-Bye! as Butch's Girlfriend
I Like it That Way as Elsie
Beloved as Marie
The Live Ghost as Maisie the Vamp, Blonde Floozy
The Road to Ruin as Mrs. Monroe (uncredited)
Picture Brides as Gwen, British Bride
Oliver the Eighth as Widow

1933

Blondie Johnson as Mae
Sons of the Desert as Mrs. Lottie Hardy
Lilly Turner as Hazel
Cheating Blondes as Mrs. Jennie Carter
Sucker Money as Mame
Dance, Girl, Dance as Lou Kendall

1932

Doctor X as Cathouse Madame
Heart Punch as Goldie Zenias
Their First Mistake as Mrs. Arabella Hardy
The Purchase Price as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
Scarlet Dawn as French Wedding Witness (Uncredited)
Without Honor as Mary Ryan
Women Won't Tell as Mrs. Ruth Howard
The Racing Strain as Tia Juana Lil
The Rider of Death Valley as Tillie
High Hats and Low Brows as Stale Annie
The Man Called Back as Rosie
Extra! Extra! as Madam Olga

1931

Come Clean as Kate
Wicked as Arlene
Defenders of the Law as Mae Ward - Undercover Policewoman
Chickens Come Home as Ollie's Old Flame (uncredited)
Fly My Kite as Dan’s New Wife (uncredited)

1930

Young Desire as May Roberts

1929

Unaccustomed as We Are as Mrs. Hardy
Alibi as Daisy Thomas
A Man's Man as Violet

1928

Fazil as Helen Dubreuze
Black Butterflies as Kitty Perkins
The Bride of the Colorado as Extra
While the City Sleeps as Bessie Ward
San Francisco Nights as Flo

1927

The Beauty Shoppers as Mabel Hines
Love 'Em and Weep as Old flame
Perch of the Devil as Ida Hook
Husband Hunters as Marie Devere

1926

The Nut-Cracker as Martha Slipaway
The Truthful Sex as Sally Carey Mapes
Fools of Fashion as Enid Alden

1925

1925 Studio Tour as Self
The Unholy Three as Rosie O'Grady
Time, the Comedian as Nora Dakon
Camille of the Barbary Coast as Camille Balishaw

1924

Bread as Jeanette Sturgis
Name the Man as Bessie Collister
A Woman Who Sinned as Mrs. Hillburn
Married Flirts as Jill Wetherell
Nellie, the Beautiful Cloak Model as Polly Joy
Broken Barriers as Irene Kirby
The Shooting of Dan McGrew as Flo Dupont
The Triflers as Marjorie Stockton

1923

Souls for Sale as Robina Teele
The Christian as Glory Quayle

1922

Foolish Wives as Princess Vera Petchnikoff
Her Own Money as Flora Conroy
Pardon My Nerve! as Marie
Only a Shop Girl as Josie Jerome

1921

The Love Charm as Hattie Nast

1920

Her Husband's Friend as Clarice
The Devil's Passkey as La Belle Odera

1919

The Grim Game as Ethel Delmead

1917

The Fair Barbarian as Lucia

1916

Wife and Auto Trouble as The Speedy Stenographer
Because He Loved Her as The Cashier

1915

Ye Olden Grafter as The Lady
Merely a Married Man as The Wife
For Better - But Worse as The Police Chief's Daughter
A Favorite Fool as The Farmer's Daughter
Those Bitter Sweets as The Sweetheart
Love in Armor as The Sweetheart
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Woman in Black (uncredited)
Settled at the Seaside as Girlfriend
Fatty and the Broadway Stars as Keystone Performer
The Rent Jumpers as The Landlord's Daughter
A One Night Stand as The Actress