Mae Mercer

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 the city. Mercer returned to the United States in the early 1970s to begin a career as an actress in films and television. Films in which she appeared included Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978). She was co-producer of the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972). In 1996, the Mayor of Rocky Mount, NC, Fred Turnage, declared June 12 Mae Mercer Day. During this time, Mercer sought to produce her own biographical picture through her production company Black Owl Productions and was backed by local pastor Reverend James Bullock. Filming was slated to take place in Edgecombe County and other parts of North Carolina, New York, Paris and Southern California.

Known For: Acting

Born: null, 1932-06-12

Died: 2008-10-29

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1962	Mondo Sexuality	Singer	0
2	1963	The Sword and the Balance		76
3	1968	The Hell with Heroes	Chanteuse	52
4	1971	The Beguiled	Hallie	70
5	1971	Dirty Harry	Mrs. Russell	74
6	1972	Frogs	Maybelle	47
7	1974	The Swinging Cheerleaders	Jessica Thorpe	58
8	1976	Widow	Social Security Woman	0
9	1978	Cindy	Sara Hayes	53
10	1978	Pretty Baby	Mama Mosebery	70
11	1989	Homer and Eddie	Ellen	55

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1967	Ironside		68
2	1967	Mannix		67
3	1969	Medical Center		61
4	1972	Kung Fu	Elizabeth Brown	77
5	1978	A Woman Called Moses	Aunt Juba	70
6	1994	ER	Margeret	78
7	2002	The Shield	Selma	81
8	2003	L.A. Dragnet	Mother	68

Mae Mercer

Film

Television