ACTOR

Mae Clarke

1910 - 1992

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Mae Clarke (born Violet Mary Klotz; August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992) was an American actress. She is widely remembered for playing Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth, who is chased by Boris Karloff in Frankenstein, and for being on the receiving end of James Cagney's halved grapefruit in The Public Enemy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mae Clarke has received more than 683,266 page views. Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mae Clarke is the 6,708th most popular actor (down from 6,407th in 2019), the 9,906th most popular biography from United States (down from 9,564th in 2019) and the 3,085th most popular American Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 680k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 43.75

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.87

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.72

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Mae Clarke ranks 6,708 out of 13,578. Before her are Jessica Jung, Robert Morse, Anita Yuen, Dianna Agron, Bernie Casey, and Louise Lorraine. After her are Geoffrey Arend, Katie McGrath, Belén Cuesta, Hannah Waddingham, Esther Acebo, and Sheila Hancock.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1910, Mae Clarke ranks 358. Before her are Vasile Deheleanu, Felipe Rosas, Gordon B. Hinckley, József Várszegi, Lucky Dube, and Peter Hirt. After her are Herbert Adamski, Hilda Strike, Charles Kieffer, Jimmy Murphy, David Rose, and Raya Dunayevskaya. Among people deceased in 1992, Mae Clarke ranks 249. Before her are Art Babbitt, Peter Hirt, Red Mitchell, Tamara Lazakovich, Ian Wolfe, and Marjorie Gestring. After her are William Fields, Severino Rigoni, Klaes Karppinen, Dionizije Dvornić, Alexander Almetov, and Antoni Zygmund.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Mae Clarke ranks 9,906 out of 20,380. Before her are Chuck McKinley (1941), Dianna Agron (1986), Mary Engle Pennington (1872), Red Amick (1929), Bernie Casey (1939), and Louise Lorraine (1904). After her are Edward Givens (1930), Geoffrey Arend (1978), Jay Roach (1957), Gerard Way (1977), Rand Paul (1963), and Bebel Gilberto (1966).

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Among ACTORS In United States

Among actors born in United States, Mae Clarke ranks 3,085. Before her are Andrea Leeds (1914), Jessica Jung (1989), Robert Morse (1931), Dianna Agron (1986), Bernie Casey (1939), and Louise Lorraine (1904). After her are Geoffrey Arend (1978), Dana Carvey (1955), Jon Gries (1957), Josh Hamilton (1969), Corbin Bernsen (1954), and Isabel Jewell (1907).

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Television and Movie Roles

Frankenstein
Elizabeth
Tampering with life and death, Henry Frankenstein pieces together salvaged body parts to bring a human monster to life; the mad scientist's dreams are shattered by his creation's violent rage as the monster awakens to a world in which he is unwelcome.
Nov 21st 19317.5 / 10
Singin' in the Rain
Hairdresser (uncredited)
In 1927 Hollywood, a silent film production company and cast make a difficult transition to sound.
Apr 9th 19528.2 / 10
Waterloo Bridge
Myra Deauville
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Sep 1st 19317 / 10