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Mae Mercer
American actress
Mae Mercer (June 12, 1932 – October 29, 2008) was an American bluessinger and actress. She was born in the Temperance Hall community of Edgecombe County.[1]
Mercer lived in North Carolina through age 15.[2] She spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias and touring Europe.
She eventually came to own and operate a blues club in the city.[3]
Mercer returned to the United States in the early 1970s to begin a career as an actress in films and television. Films in which she appeared included Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978).[citation needed] She was co-producer of the documentary filmAngela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972).[4]
In 1996, the Mayor of Rocky Mount, NC, Fred Turnage, declared June 12 Mae Mercer Day.
During this time, Mercer sought