Mae Costello
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Born | Mae Altschuk August 13, 1882 Brooklyn, New York City, U.S. |
Died | August 2, 1929 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | (aged 46)
Resting place | Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles |
Occupation | Stage, film actress |
Years active | 1911–1917 |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | Dolores Costello Helene Costello |
Mae Costello (born Mae Altschuk; August 13, 1882 – August 2, 1929) was an American stage and film actress of the early twentieth-century.
Early life[]
Mae Costello was born Mae Altschuk in Brooklyn, New York to Catherine (née Callender) and Lewis Altschuk (born 1855), a Bavarian immigrant.[1] As a teenager, she began performing in stage productions in stock theater companies throughout the United States.
In 1902, she married actor Maurice Costello.[2] They had two daughters, Dolores Costello and Helene Costello, both of whom became successful film actresses. The couple separated in 1910 and divorced in 1927.[2]
Career[]
Costello appeared in motion pictures beginning in the early 1910s, billed as Mrs. Costello, opposite such actors as John Bunny, Flora Finch, Wallace Reid, Florence Turner, Antonio Moreno, Bobby Connelly and Clara Kimball Young, as well as her husband and daughters.
In 1929, Costello died of heart disease and was interred at the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California.
Partial filmography[]
- The Money Mill - Mrs. King (1917)
- Her Right to Live - Mrs. Biggs (1917)
- When a Woman Loves - Mrs. King (1915)
- The Taming of Betty - Mrs. Cutler (1913)
- The Spirit of the Orient (1913)
- The One Good Turn (1913)
- The Mills of the Gods - The Nurse (1912)
- Diamond Cut Diamond - The Telephone Operator (1912)
- Her Crowning Glory - The Nurse (1911)
References[]
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-04-26. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
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: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b Stein Hoffman, Carol.The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. ISBN 0-8131-2213-9
External links[]
- 1882 births
- 1929 deaths
- American stage actresses
- American film actresses
- American people of German descent
- American silent film actresses
- Actresses from New York (state)
- People from Brooklyn
- Burials at Calvary Cemetery (Los Angeles)
- 19th-century American actresses
- 20th-century American actresses
- Catholics from New York (state)
- American theatre actor, 19th-century birth stubs
- American film actor, 1880s birth stubs