Mae Mercer

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...

Known For

Dirty Harry

as Mrs. Russell

The Beguiled

as Hallie

Pretty Baby

as Mama Mosebery

Cast Credits

Pretty Baby

as Mama Mosebery

Cindy

as Sara Hayes

Widow

as Social Security Woman

The Swinging Cheerleaders

as Jessica Thorpe

Frogs

as Maybelle

Dirty Harry

as Mrs. Russell

The Beguiled

as Hallie