Mae Murray

Birth Name:

Marie Adrienne Koenig

Birth Place:

Portsmouth, Virginia, United States

Profession

Actress, Writer, Soundtrack

A star of the club circuit in the United States and Europe, she danced with the likes of Clifton Webb, Rudolph Valentino and John Gilbert
In Ziegfeld's 1908, 1909 and 1915 shows, she was a top attraction
Made her Broadway debut in 1906 with dancer Vernon Castle
Quote: "You don't have to keep making movies to remain a star․ Once you become a star, you are always a star․"
Made light-hearted productions characteristic of the times, including "The Dance," "Gilded Lily" and "The Right to Love․"
Played vamps in silent films opposite such stars as John Gilbert and Rudolph Valentino
Legend has it that she accidentally invented the practice of dunking donuts in coffee when she dropped her donut into her coffee while having breakfast with a friend
Made $2,000 a week at the peak of her fame and lived in mansions where she enjoyed entertaining in lavish fashion
Studios publicized her as "the girl with the bee-stung lips and the butterfly gestures․"
Wrote a memoir entitled "The Self-Enchanted" in the 1950s

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