Mae Abbey — Motography’s Gallery of Picture Players (1914) 🇺🇸

Mae Abbey [May Abbey] is well known to all who follow any or many of the Edison regular releases and her comedy work has been rewarded with the laugh the film public.

Unique character roles are hers and she handles them in a manner that marks her as a born comedienne.

“But I don’t like to linger around in the same role for long,” Miss Abbey explained what she called her peculiarity. “I’m all enthusiasm going into a role but if it isn’t finished in a couple of days. I get awfully tired of it. Motion picture work should teach me patience; and I’m hoping it will.”

Miss Abbey came to the Edison studio about two years ago and she brought experience from nine years spent on the legitimate stage and three years in stock.

Since then, her experience has covered almost every variety of character work and the newest one is always the one that receives her best attention.

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Collection: Motography Magazine, July 1914