Mae Busch
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.
Born: June 17, 1891
Place of Birth: Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Known For
Hello, Annapolis
Rivals Bill Arden and Paul Herbert enter the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis in order to impress a girl.
Them Thar Hills
Stan and Ollie travel to the mountains for Ollie's health, and park their caravan near a well into which a gang of moonshiners have earlier dumped their moonshine; and the boys proceed to quench their thirst thinking that it is iron-rich mountain water. The real trouble doesn't begin, though, until a married motoring couple stop by to borrow some gasoline, and the already-cranky husband leaves his thirsty wife with the boys while he goes off to refill his car's empty gas-tank. A sequel was made to this film: TIT FOR TAT, q.v.
Going Bye-Bye!
In a packed courtroom, Butch Long vows revenge on 'squealers' Laurel and Hardy whose evidence has helped to send him to prison. Frightened, the boys plan to leave town and advertise for someone to share expenses with them. The woman who answers the ad is actually Butch's girlfriend. Meanwhile Butch escapes and hides in a trunk in his girlfriend's apartment where he gets locked inside. Not realizing who it is, Stan and Ollie finally manage to get the trunk open and then Butch exacts his revenge.
Come Clean
The Hardys wish to have a quiet evening in their apartment, but are interrupted when the Laurels pay a visit. Stan and Ollie go out for ice cream, and manage to prevent a shrewish woman from committing suicide on the way back home. The woman is ungrateful and makes threats against the them unless they look after her. They spend a chaotic evening trying to keep her hidden from their wives.
The Live Ghost
Fish market workers Stan and Ollie are persuaded by a sea captain to shanghai a crew for him at the local bar for a dollar a head. Successful at first, the boys end up getting themselves shanghaied, and the crew vow revenge.
Sons of the Desert
Ollie and Stan deceive their wives into thinking they are taking a medically necessary cruise when they are really going to a lodge convention.
Oliver the Eighth
Barbershop owners Stan and Ollie answer an ad in the newspaper from a wealthy widow looking for a husband. Ollie only mails in his response and is invited to the widow's mansion. Stan discovers his unmailed letter and insists on tagging along. At the mansion, the widow's creepy butler informs them that the woman is crazy. She was once jilted by an Oliver and now her hobby is marrying Olivers and then slitting their throats. Now the boys must figure out how to escape.
The Rider of Death Valley
Rigby, Larribee, and Grant each have one third of Bill Joyce's map locating his gold mine. The three plus Joyce's sister Helen head for the mine. An accident with a runaway horse carrying supplies leaves them stranded in the desert with very little water.
I Like it That Way
A telephone operator gives up her job to try to be a nightclub singer.
Tit for Tat
Stan and Ollie have set up their own electrical appliance store but, unfortunately for them, the grocery right next door is run by the man and wife whom they encountered in "Them Thar Hills" (1935). Stan and Ollie go and visit to offer the hand of friendship, but the grocer again becomes convinced that Ollie and his wife are fooling around.
Filmography
as (archive footage)
as Mrs. Hardy
as Juror
as Jenny (Maid) (uncredited)
as Vera (uncredited)
as Vera
as Samson's Secretary
as Susan
as Miss Jenkins
as Jenny
as Rose
as Mae Barton
as Miss Tyson
as Mme. La Motte (uncredited)
as Trixie
as Chaperone (uncredited)
as Lil
as Younger Woman on Bus
as Mrs. Paul Gironda
as Mrs. Hardy
as Madame Pierre Gustave
as Mrs. Hall
as Maisie the Vamp, Blonde Floozy
as Mrs. Hall
as Butch's Girlfriend
as Mrs. Monroe (uncredited)
as Gwen, British Bride
as Elsie
as Marie
as Widow
as Mrs. Lottie Hardy
as Lou Kendall
as Hazel
as Mrs. Jennie Carter
as Mame
as Mae
as Tia Juana Lil
as Mrs. Ruth Howard
as French Wedding Witness (Uncredited)
as Mrs. Arabella Hardy
as Cathouse Madame
as Train Passenger Queenie (uncredited)
as Rosie
as Stale Annie
as Tillie
as Madam Olga
as Mary Ryan
as Arlene
as Kate
as Dan’s New Wife (uncredited)
as Mae Ward - Undercover Policewoman
as Ollie's Old Flame
as May Roberts
as Violet
as Mrs. Hardy
as Daisy Thomas
as Kitty Perkins
as Helen Dubreuze
as Flo
as Bessie Ward
as Old flame
as Ida Hook
as Marie Devere
as Camille Balishaw
as Rosie O'Grady
as Self
as Marjorie Stockton
as Jill Wetherell
as Irene Kirby
as Jeanette Sturgis
as Polly Joy
as Flo Dupont
as Bessie Collister
as Robina Teele
as Glory Quayle
as Josie Jerome
as Marie
as Princess Vera Petchnikoff
as Flora Conroy
as Hattie Nast
as La Belle Odera
as Ethel Delmead
as Lucia
as The Speedy Stenographer
as Keystone Performer
as The Wife
as The Landlord's Daughter
as Girlfriend
as The Actress
as The Sweetheart
as Woman in Black (uncredited)