---
name: "Mae Mercer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mae-mercer"
fi1m_id: "mae-mercer"
imdb_id: "nm0580284"
tmdb_id: 14787
wikidata_id: "Q1883562"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 June 1932"
died: "29 October 2008"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-26T17:16:25.048112+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Mae Mercer

## Identity

Mae Mercer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mae-mercer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mae-mercer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0580284
- **TMDB ID:** 14787
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1883562
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Mercer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1883562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14787

Actor. Born 12 June 1932 in Rocky Mount. Died 29 October 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 June 1932, Rocky Mount
- **Died:** 29 October 2008
- **Active:** 1971–2002
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 74 (1), 2000s 84 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mae_Mercer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1883562, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0580284/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/14787

## Biography

Mae Mercer was an American actress and blues singer. Born Mary Ruth Mercer on 12 June 1932 in Battleboro, North Carolina, she began singing in church and left home as a teenager to pursue a career in New York.

She spent much of the 1960s performing and later managing a blues club in Paris before returning to the United States in the early 1970s. Mercer appeared in films including *Dirty Harry* (1971) as Mrs. Russell, *The Beguiled* (1971) as Hallie, *Frogs* (1972) as Maybelle, *Pretty Baby* (1978) as Mama Mosebery and *Homer and Eddie* (1989) as Ellen. She was also a producer of the 1972 documentary *Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary* and made guest appearances in television series such as *Kung Fu*, *ER* and *The Shield*.

Mercer died on 29 October 2008 in Northridge, California.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, latimes.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Shield* (2002), Fi1m 84, as Selma — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), Fi1m 74, as Mrs. Russell — [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *L.A. Dragnet* (2003), series, as Mother
- *The Shield* (2002), series, as Selma — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-shield.md)
- *ER* (1994), series, as Margeret — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Homer and Eddie* (1989), as Ellen
- *A Woman Called Moses* (1978), series, as Aunt Juba
- *Pretty Baby* (1978), as Mama Mosebery
- *Cindy* (1978), as Sara Hayes
- *Widow* (1976), as Social Security Woman
- *The Swinging Cheerleaders* (1974), as Jessica Thorpe
- *Kung Fu* (1972), series, as Elizabeth Brown
- *Frogs* (1972), as Maybelle
- *Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary* (1972), Producer
- *Dirty Harry* (1971), as Mrs. Russell — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/dirty-harry.md)
- *The Beguiled* (1971), as Hallie
- *Medical Center* (1969), series, Actor
- *The Hell with Heroes* (1968), as Chanteuse
- *Mannix* (1967), series, Actor
- *Ironside* (1967), series, Actor
- *The Sword and the Balance* (1963), Actor
- *Mondo Sexuality* (1962), as Singer

## Gallery

- ![Mae Mercer](https://film.one/media/person/440821/gallery-21f95a95c0b5.jpg) Mae Mercer — Image via TMDB
- ![Mae Mercer](https://film.one/media/person/440821/gallery-08bbc3d33f16.jpg) Mae Mercer — Image via TMDB

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