Mae Costello

 Mae Costello (August 13, 1882 – August 2, 1929)

She was a stage and film actress of the early twentieth-century. As a teenager, she began performing in stage productions in stock theater companies throughout the United States. In 1902, she married actor Maurice Costello. They had two daughters, Dolores Costello and Helene Costello, both of whom became successful film actresses. The couple separated in 1910 and divorced in 1927. Mae Costello appeared in motion pictures beginning in the early 1910s, billed as Mrs. Costello, opposite such actors as John Bunny, Flora Finch, Wallace Reid, Florence Turner, Antonio Moreno, Bobby Connelly and Clara Kimball Young, as well as her husband and daughters. In 1929, Costello died of heart disease, age 46, and is interred at Calvary Cemetery in East Los Angeles, California.