Mae Mercer
12 movies · 8 TV shows
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- Jun 12, 1932
- Died
- Oct 29, 2008 (age 76)
Biography
Mae Mercer (June 12, 1932 – October 29, 2008) was an American blues singer and actress. She was born in the Temperance Hall community of Edgecombe County.
Mercer lived in North Carolina through age 15. She spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias and touring Europe. She eventually came to own and operate a blues club in the city.
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Mercer returned to the United States in the early 1970s to begin a career as an actress in films and television. Films in which she appeared included Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978). She was co-producer of the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972).
In 1996, the Mayor of Rocky Mount, NC, Fred Turnage, declared June 12 Mae Mercer Day. During this time, Mercer sought to produce her own biographical picture through her production company Black Owl Productions and was backed by local pastor Reverend James Bullock. Filming was slated to take place in Edgecombe County and other parts of North Carolina, New York, Paris and Southern California.
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Known for
Mae Mercer: movies and TV shows
Acting (19)
- 2003
- 2002
- 1994
- 1989 Homer and Eddie
as Ellen
- 1978
- 1978 Pretty Baby
as Mama Mosebery
- 1978 Cindy
as Sara Hayes
- 1976 Widow
as Social Security Woman
- 1974 The Swinging Cheerleaders
as Jessica Thorpe
- 1972
- 1972 Frogs
as Maybelle
- 1971 Dirty Harry
as Mrs. Russell
- 1971 The Beguiled
as Hallie
- 1969
- 1968 The Hell with Heroes
as Chanteuse
- 1967
- 1967
- 1963
- 1962 Mondo Sexuality
as Singer
Behind the camera (1)
- 1972