Mae Dahlberg
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Mae Dahlberg (b. Charlotte Mae Dahlberg 24 May 1888, Australia, d. 1970, New York), was a music hall and vaudeville performer and actress in several Hollywood silent movies. In 1917 in California, she met and formed a variety act with Stan Laurel. It was in 1917 with Stan Laurel, (credited as Stan Jefferson), that she played a part in a comedy short called 'Nuts in May'. This silent short comedy is noted for being the screen debut of Stan Laurel. Mae Dahlberg is credited as 'Mae Laurel' in several of the films she appeared in. Though Stan and Mae never married, their professional partnership was such that they at least lived together as common-in-law husband and wife from 1919 to 1925. Mae maintained that it was her that suggested Stan change his name to Laurel [1].
[edit] Filmography
- Nuts in May (1917)
- Huns and Hyphens (1918)
- Bears and Bad Men (1918)
- Mud and Sand (1922)
- The Pest (1922)
- When Knights were Cold (1923)
- Under Two Jags (1923)
- Frozen Hearts (1923)
- The Soilers (1923)
- Mother's Joy (1923)
- Near Dublin (1924)
- Rupert of Hee Haw (1924)
- Wide Open Spaces (1924)
[edit] References
- ^ Simon Louvish, Stan and Ollie, The Roots of Comedy, Faber & Faber 2001 ISBN 0 571 21590 4
