Mae Costello

Mae Costello
Born	Mae Altschuk August 1882 Brooklyn, New York
Died	August 2, 1929(1929-08-02) Los Angeles, California
Occupation	Stage, film actress
Spouse	Maurice Costello

Mae Costello (b. August 1882 - August 2, 1929) was an American stage and film actress of the early twentieth-century.

Early life

Born Mae Altschuk in Brooklyn, New York, she was the daughter of Lewis Altschuk and Catherine Callender. As a teenager she began performing in stage productions in stock theater companies throughout the United States.^[1] In 1902 she married the actor Maurice Costello^[2] and the couple would have two daughters, Helene Costello and Dolores Costello. Both daughters would become successful film actresses. The couple would separate in 1910, however they would not officially divorce until 1927.^[2]

Career

She began appearing in motion pictures in the early 1910s, billed as Mrs. Costello, and appeared opposite such actors as John Bunny, Flora Finch, Wallace Reid, Florence Turner, Antonio Moreno and Clara Kimball Young, as well as her husband and daughters.

In 1929, Mae Costello died of heart disease and was interred at the Calvary Cemetery, East Los Angeles, California, which is a Catholic cemetery.^[1][3] Her daughter Dolores would marry actor John Barrymore, a marriage that neither Mae nor ex husband approved of, as Barrymore was not only over twenty years older than Dolores, he was also six months older than Mae Costello. Her grandson includes actor John Drew Barrymore and her great-granddaughter is actress Drew Barrymore.^[4]

Partial filmography

• The Money Mill - Mrs. King (1917)
• Her Right to Live - Mrs. Biggs (1917)
• When a Woman Loves - Mrs. King (1915)
• The Taming of Betty - Mrs. Cutler (1913)
• The Spirit of the Orient (1913)
• The One Good Turn (1913)
• The Mills of the Gods - The Nurse (1912)
• Diamond Cut Diamond - The Telephone Operator (1912)
• Her Crowning Glory - The Nurse (1911)

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Mae Costello at Find a Grave
2. ^ ^{a b} Stein Hoffman, Carol.The Barrymores: Hollywood's First Family. University Press of Kentucky, 2001. ISBN 0-81312-213-9
3. ^ http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=pis&PIcrid=7870&PIpi=498261&PIMode=cemetery
4. ^ Mae Costello at Finad A Grave

External links

• Mae Costello at the Internet Movie Database

Persondata
Name	Costello, Mae
Alternative names
Short description	American actor
Date of birth	1882
Place of birth	Brooklyn, New York
Date of death	August 2, 1929
Place of death	Los Angeles, California