Mae Laborde

Mae Laborde
Born	May 13, 1909 (1909-05-13) (age 102)
Occupation	Television actress,Entertainer

Mae Laborde (born May 13, 1909)^[1] is an American television and film actress, who began her career at the age of 93 and who is, as of 2010 at age 101, still active (Talkshow with Spike Feresten).

Background

A native of Fresno, Laborde arrived in Los Angeles at the height of the Great Depression, meeting her husband, Nicholas Laborde, when he was the conductor on Los Angeles' old Red Car trolley line that she used to take home from work. Laborde always kept working at one job or another, including a stint as bookkeeper for Lawrence Welk.

She began acting in 2002 in her 90s.^[2] She was also the subject of the featured article on Yahoo! on March 30, 2007.^[3] She appears frequently on Talkshow with Spike Feresten. On Saturday, February 21, 2009, three months before her centennial, she was awarded an honorary DTV converter box on Feresten's show in recognition of her very successful taped clip showing her difficulties in attempting to install a DTV converter box. The clip has been ranked #1 as the most-watched viral download.

Family

Laborde outlived both her husband, Nicholas, and their only child, Shirley. She has three grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.^[4]

References

1. ^ Listing from www.startiger.com
2. ^ "A new It girl: Starlet, 97, is just getting started". MSNBC (Yahoo! Inc.). 2007-04-05. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17858522/. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
3. ^ Rogers, John (2007-03-29). "No fading star: Actress gets roles at 97". Yahoo! News (Yahoo! Inc.). http://www.usatoday.com/life/television/2007-03-30-3046814352_x.htm. Retrieved 2007-03-29. 
4. ^ Santa Monica Mirror: Happy 100th Birthday

External links

• Mae LaBorde at the Internet Movie Database
• Video of Laborde at age 99 (Romanian)

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Name	Laborde, Mae
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Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1909-05-13
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