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)
Nancy Drew… Detective as Miss Tyson
Prison Farm as Trixie
The Big Broadcast of 1938 as Chaperone (uncredited)

1937

Daughter of Shanghai as Lil

1936

The Bohemian Girl as Mrs. Hardy
The Accusing Finger as Younger Woman on Bus
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
I Like it That Way as Elsie
The Live Ghost as Maisie the Vamp, Blonde Floozy
Beloved as Marie
Going Bye-Bye! as Butch's Girlfriend
Oliver the Eighth as Widow
The Road to Ruin as Mrs. Monroe (uncredited)
Picture Brides as Gwen, British Bride

1933

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

1932

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

1931

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

1930

Young Desire as May Roberts

1929

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

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

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

1926

The Truthful Sex as Sally Carey Mapes
Fools of Fashion as Enid Alden
The Nutcracker as Martha Slipaway

1925

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

1924

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

1923

Souls for Sale as Robina Teele
The Christian as Glory Quayle

1922

Her Own Money as Flora Conroy
Foolish Wives as Princess Vera Petchnikoff
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
Those Bitter Sweets as The Sweetheart
The Rent Jumpers as The Landlord's Daughter
A One Night Stand as The Actress
Mabel and Fatty’s Married Life as Woman in Black (uncredited)
Fatty and the Broadway Stars as Keystone Performer
Love in Armor as The Sweetheart
A Favorite Fool as The Farmer's Daughter
Settled at the Seaside as Girlfriend