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- Birth nameMary Ruth Mercer
- Mae Mercer was born on June 12, 1932 in Battleboro, North Carolina, USA. She was an actress and producer, known for Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971) and Homer and Eddie (1989). She died on October 29, 2008 in Northridge, California, USA.
- Classic blues singer whose deep, dusky voice was heard on the international club scene.
- Produced the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1971).
- Ran away from home at fifteen to go to New York City and start a singing career. She sang the blues in bars and other venues in Paris before returning to the States and starting an acting career.
- Was singing in Paris in 1960 when she met Maurice Girodias (1919-1990), the French publisher of such banned books as "Lolita" and "The Ginger Man," who hired her to sing at, and later run, the Blues Bar in Paris.
- Bessie Smith was her idol.
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