Mae Mercer

Acting

Mae Mercer

Born June 12, 1932

Died October 29, 2008 · aged 76

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 th…

Known For

Dirty HarryDirty Harry · 1971
Dirty Harry
7.51971
MovieActionCrime
When a madman dubbed 'Scorpio' terrorizes San Francisco, hard-nosed cop, Harry Callahan – famous for his take-no-prisoners approach to law enforcement – is tasked with hunting down the psychopath.
Pretty BabyPretty Baby · 1978
Pretty Baby
7.01978
MovieDrama
In 1917 New Orleans, a 12-year-old girl is raised in a brothel by her prostitute mother.
The BeguiledThe Beguiled · 1971
The Beguiled
7.01971
MovieThrillerDrama
Offbeat Civil War drama in which a wounded Yankee soldier, after finding refuge in an isolated girls' school in the South towards the end of the war, becomes the object of the young women's sexual fantasies. The soldier manipulates the situation for his own gratification, but when he refuses to completely comply with the girls' wishes, they make it very difficult for him to leave.
FrogsFrogs · 1972
Frogs
4.81972
MovieHorror
Jason Crockett is an aging, grumpy, physically disabled millionaire who invites his family to his island estate for his birthday celebration. Pickett Smith is a free-lance photographer who is doing a pollution layout for an ecology magazine. Jason Crockett hates nature, poisoning anything that crawls on his property. On the night of his birthday the frogs and other members of nature begin to pay Crockett back.
Homer and EddieHomer and Eddie · 1989
Homer and Eddie
5.61989
MovieComedyCrime
A mentally disabled man gets help from a sociopath when he tries to reunite with his dying father, who years earlier disowned him.
The Hell with HeroesThe Hell with Heroes · 1968
The Hell with Heroes
6.01968
MovieDramaThriller
In 1946 North Africa, two former US Air Force pilots are forced to work for an international smuggler to get money needed for their return to civilian life after fighting in World War II.
The Sword and the BalanceThe Sword and the Balance · 1963
The Sword and the Balance
7.71963
MovieDramaThriller
Three young men are suspected of kidnapping and murdering a little boy. Most likely, two of them are really involved, but one is not. All of their pasts are questionable, riddled with violence and controversy. Neither the police nor the court can decide how to solve that puzzle.
The Swinging CheerleadersThe Swinging Cheerleaders · 1974
The Swinging Cheerleaders
5.71974
MovieActionComedy
In order to write an expose on how cheerleading demeans women, a reporter for a college newspaper infiltrates the cheerleading squad.

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