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Mae Mercer
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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…
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- L.A. Dragnet — Mother2003
- The Shield — Selma2002
- ER — Margeret1994
- Homer and Eddie — Ellen1989
- Cindy — Sara Hayes1978
- Pretty Baby — Mama Mosebery1978
- A Woman Called Moses — Aunt Juba1978
- Widow — Social Security Woman1976
- The Swinging Cheerleaders — Jessica Thorpe1974
- Frogs — Maybelle1972
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Mae Mercer (June 12, 1932, Battleboro, North Carolina – October 29, 2008, Northridge, California) was an American blues singer and actress who appeared in many films, including Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978). She was also executive producer of the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972). Mercer spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias
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- Given name
- Mae
- Family name
- Mercer
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Rocky Mount
- Place of death
- Northridge
- Occupation
- film actor
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
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- date of birth
- 1932-06-12
- date of death
- 2008-10-29
- writing language
- English language
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