Mae Clarke

 Mae Clarke born Violet Mary Klotz (August 16, 1910 – April 29, 1992)

She is best remembered for playing Dr. Henry Frankenstein's bride Elizabeth Lavenza, who is chased by Boris Karloff, in Frankenstein, and also, for having a grapefruit smashed into her face, by James Cagney in The Public Enemy. Clarke started her professional career as a dancer in New York City, sharing a room with Barbara Stanwyck. She subsequently starred in many films for Universal Studios, such as Frankenstein and The Front Page. Clarke also appeared in the modest pre-code Universal film Night World (1932), with Lew Ayres, Boris Karloff, Hedda Hopper, and George Raft. By the mid-1930s, Clarke was no longer a leading lady and was featured in only small parts through to the 1960s. In the early 1930s Clarke's face had been left partially scarred as a result of a car crash, recounts G. Mank in his Frankenstein film saga book It's Alive. In 1949 Clarke was the female lead of Republic Pictures' 12-chapter movie serial King of the Rocket Men that introduced their popular atomic rocket-powered hero. On television, Clarke acted in the series Perry Mason and Batman. Mae Clarke died from cancer on April 29, 1992, at age 81, in Woodland Hills, California. She is buried in Valhalla Memorial Park Cemetery in North Hollywood, CA.