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Mae Murray (1889–1965)

Actress | Producer | Writer

Dubbed "The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips", silent screen actress Mae Murray began her career on stage partnered with ballroom dancing extraordinaire Vernon Castle in the 1906 Broadway show "About Town." Born the daughter of émigrés, she began studying dance at a young age. Two years later she joined the "Ziegfeld Follies" chorus line and moved up to headliner status by 1915... See full bio »

Born:

Marie Adrienne Koenig
in Portsmouth, Virginia, USA

Died:

(age 75) in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of John Gilbert and Mae Murray in The Merry Widow Mae Murray with her 1922 Dusenberg 8 Model A C. 1922 *M.W.* Mae Murray, PEACOCK ALLEY, Metro, 1922, **I.V. Mae Murray, MASKED BRIDE, THE, Metro-Goldywyn-Mayer, 1925, **I.V. Mae Murray, JAZZMANIA, Metro, 1923, **I.V.
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1931 High Stakes
Dolly Jordan Lennon
 
1931 Bachelor Apartment
Mrs. Agatha Carraway
 
1930 Peacock Alley
Claire Tree
 
1927 Altars of Desire
Claire Sutherland
 
1926 Valencia
Valencia
 
1925 The Masked Bride
Gaby
 
1925 The Merry Widow
Sally - The Merry Widow
 
1924 Circe, the Enchantress
Circe (mythical goddess)/Cecilie Brunne
 
1924 Mademoiselle Midnight
Renée de Gontran/Renée de Quiros
 
1923 Fashion Row
Olga Farinova/Zita (her younger sister)
 
1923 The French Doll
Georgine Mazulier
 
1923 Jazzmania
Ninon
 
1922 Broadway Rose
Rosalie Lawrence
 
1922 Fascination
Dolores de Lisa
 
1922 Peacock Alley
Cleo of Paris
 
1921 The Gilded Lily
Lillian Drake
 
1920 Idols of Clay
Faith Merrill
 
1920 The Right to Love
Lady Falkland
 
1920 On with the Dance
Sonia
 
1919 The ABC of Love
Kate
 
1919 Big Little Person
Arathea Manning
 
1919 What Am I Bid?
Betty Yarnell
 
1919 The Delicious Little Devil
Mary McGuire
 
1919 The Twin Pawns
Daisy/Violet White
 
1919 The Scarlet Shadow
Elena Evans
 
1918 Danger, Go Slow
Mugsy Mulane
 
1918 The Taming of Kaiser Bull (short)
Miss America
 
1918 Modern Love
Della Arnold
 
1918 Her Body in Bond
Peggy Blondin
 
1918 The Bride's Awakening
Elaine Bronson
 
1917 Face Value
Joan Darby
 
1917 Princess Virtue
Lianne Demarest
 
1917 At First Sight
Justina
 
1917 The Primrose Ring
Margaret MacLean
 
1917 A Mormon Maid
Dora
 
1917 On Record
Helen Wayne
 
1916 The Plow Girl
Margot
 
1916 The Big Sister
Betty Norton
 
1916 The Dream Girl
Meg Dugan
 
1916 Sweet Kitty Bellairs
Kitty Bellairs
 
1916 To Have and to Hold
Lady Jocelyn
 
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1950 Shadow of the Past (producer)
 
1950 Come Dance with Me (associate producer)
 
1949 Dick Barton Strikes Back (associate producer)
 
Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1918 Danger, Go Slow (writer)
 
1918 Modern Love (story)
 
1917 Face Value (story)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (1 title)
1930 Peacock Alley (performer: "In My Dreams, You Still Belong to Me")
 
Show ShowSelf (7 titles)
1930 Screen Snapshots Series 9, No. 24 (short)
Herself
 
1928 Show People
Herself - at Banquet (uncredited)
 
1925 1925 Studio Tour (documentary short)
Herself
 
1924 Married Flirts
Herself, Guest at party
 
1922 Screen Snapshots, Series 3, No. 14 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1921 Screen Snapshots, Series 1, No. 17 (documentary short)
Herself
 
1918 United States Fourth Liberty Loan Drive (short)
Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (7 titles)
1997 American Masters (TV series documentary)
 
1980 Hollywood (TV mini-series documentary)
 
1975 Hooray for Hollywood (documentary)
Herself
 
1973 The Age of Ballyhoo (video documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1965 The Love Goddesses (documentary)
Herself
 
1961 The Legend of Rudolph Valentino (video documentary)
Herself
 
1933 March of the Movies
Herself, film clip (uncredited)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The Great Decide (1906). Musical burlesque. See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 44 Articles  | 8 Magazine Cover Photos  | See more »

Height:

5' 2" (1.57 m)
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Did You Know?

Trivia:

Co-founded (w/Robert Z. Leonard and M.H. Hoffman Tiffany Productions (1921-1933). See more »

Nickname:

The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips See more »

Star Sign:

Taurus