Mabel Paige | |
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Born | Mabel Paige Roberts December 19, 1880 New York, New York, U.S. |
Died | February 9, 1954 Van Nuys, California, U.S. | (aged 73)
Years active | 1914-1953 |
Spouse |
Charles W. Ritchie
(m. 1908; died 1931) |
Mabel Paige (December 19, 1880 – February 9, 1954) was an American stage and film actress.
Paige began acting at age four, when she appeared in Van, the Virginian.[1]
When she was 11 years old, Paige began acting in stock theater.[2] She appeared in dozens of stage plays, including Little Lord Fauntleroy in 1892, Rip van Winkle in 1899, and At Cozy Corners in 1905. In the South, she became particular a favorite and was acclaimed as the "Idol of the South. Her Mabel Paige Theatrical Company toured the region for many years.[citation needed] She also had troupes known as the Mabel Paige Repertoire Company and the Mabel Paige Southern Company.[3]
After she married, Paige left acting to raise her family. She was away from show business for more than a decade, but financial problems prompted her to return to acting.[2]
Her Broadway credits included Gramercy Ghost (1951), Two Blind Mice (1949), Out of the Frying Pan (1941), Western Waters (1937), Murder in the Cathedral (1936), and Lost Horizons (1934).[4]
Paige also acted in more than 50 films between 1914 and 1953. In her first silent films for the Lubin Company,[5] she co-starred in romantic comedies with Oliver Hardy as her leading man.
One of Paige's last appearances as an actress was on the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy. That episode, "The Girls Go Into Business", aired on October 12, 1953.
Paige died in Van Nuys, California from a heart attack on February 9, 1954. She was 73.[citation needed]