DANCER

Ballrooms Burlesque Contests Dances Marathons Movies Posters Sheet Music Troupes Forum Refresh

You Are here:

Mae Murray and Edmund Frazer in Peacock Alley 1922

Stage Name			Birth Name
Mae Murray			Marie Adrienne Koenig
"The Girl with the Bee-Stung Lips"			(Jeannie L. Spaulding)
"The Gardenia of the Screen"

The five foot four inch (5' 4") tall, blue eyed 110lb. Mae Murray started her career dancing with Vernon Castle in the 1906 Broadway play "About Town." After the run of the show she became a a Ziegfeld Chorus Girl, then a "Ziegfeld Girl" in 1908 portraying one of the " Nell Brinkley Bathing Girls" and by 1915 was one of the star performers, she stayed with the Follies off and on until 1916. Reportedly, Mae went to Paris to study the popular dances of the day and made a name for herself while there, when she returned, the nightclubs quickly started billing her and her ballroom dances. In 1916 Murray went on to become a movie star. She began her movie career with the film "To Have and To Hold" and would gain the nickname "The Girl with the Bee Stung Lips." In 1918 she would be paired up with Rudolph Valentino in two movies and later with John Gilbert in the movie titled "The Merry Widow" which made her a Hollywood celebrity. Murray was reportedly the creator of the dance "Cinquante-Cinquante." Mae would eventually get married to Robert Leonard in 1918-? and Prince David Mdivani in 1926-1933. Her movie career faded due to an "unattractive" voice in the Talkies (pictures with sound) as well as her divorce from her 4th husband "prince" David Mdivani.

More Photos

Mae died desolate and insane in 1965 in Woodlnad Hills, Ca. She would often be found wandering the streets, talking to herself and screaming out loud that she was still as star. She is buried, Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park, North Hollywood, CA.

Birth Place	Birth Date	Spouse	Offspring
Portsmouth, VA	5/10/1883(9) - 3/23/1965	Lewis Putnam Strang (1908-10)	n/a
		Robert Z. Leonard
		'Prince' David Mdivani

Dance Types	Dance Partners	Music Titles
Ballroom	Amy Revere		n/a
Charleston	Clifton Webb
Cinquante-Cinquante	Edmund Frazer (Pictured above)
Foxtrot	John Gilbert
Jazz	Julian Mitchell (Vampire Dance)
Merry Widow Waltz	Rudolph Valentino
Tango	Vernon Castle
Vampire Dance	Wallace McCutcheon
Waltz

Night Clubs	Theaters	Stage
Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe Club	Apollo Theatre (1910)	1906 - About Town
Jardin de Danse (1913)	Park Palace (6/4/1923)	1908 - 1915/16 - Ziegfeld Follies
	Shubert Theater	1910 - The Follies of 1910
	Union Theatre (10/29/1923)	1913 - Her Little Highness (w/ McCutcheon)
	Wintergarden Theatre (NY 1910)	1923 - The French Idol
	Ziegfeld Theater	1923 - Jazzmania
		1914 - Follies Marigny (Shubert)
		1941 - The Silver Screen

Films		Publications
1915 - Watch Your Step (replaced Irene Castle)		5/25/1910 - NY Times Section
1916 - To Have and to Hold		1920 - The Little Movie Mirror Book
1917 - A Mormon Maid		1921 #4- Filmjournalen
1919 - Delicious Little Devil (Valentino)		9/1926 - Photoplay Magazine
1919 - Big Little Person (Valentino)		3/1/1938 - Look Magazine
1920 - On With The Dance		The Self-Enchanted Mae by Murray Jane Ardmore (supposed bio)
1921 - The Gilded Lady
$1922 - Peacock Alley		12/1975 - Films In Review Magazine
1922 - Broadway Rose
1923 - Fashion Row
1923 - The French Doll (La Rocque)
1923 - Jazzmania (La Rocque)
1924 - Circe The Enchantress
1924 - Mademoiselle Midnight
1925 - The Merry Widow (John Gilbert)
1925 - Midshipman
$1928 - Show People
$1931 - Bachelor Apartment
$1997 - Vaudeville -DVD
? - There's A crowd

NOTE:

February 10, 2010	http://www.Streetswing.com/histmain/d5index.htm	eMail: StreetSwing.com

DANCER

Ballrooms Burlesque Contests Dances Marathons Movies Posters Sheet Music Troupes Forum Refresh

Stage Name

Birth Name

Birth Place

Birth Date

Spouse

Offspring

Dance Types

Dance Partners

Music Titles

Night Clubs

Theaters

Stage

Films

Publications