Mary Meade (November 24, 1923 – December 10, 2003) was an American film actress who rose to fame in the latter 1940s.
Born in
Louisiana, her first role was in ''
Wonder Man'' (1945), as a
Goldwyn Girl
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. In 1949, she married
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in
Paris and embarked on a European career that included stints in the lavish production ''Gay Paris'' at the
Casino de Paris (1951), and at the
Pigalle Club in
London. Back in the United States she performed in venues such as the
Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and in 1953 was selected as one of the nation's 15 best-dressed women by the New York
Fashion Academy. One of her last public performances was for
Germaine Monteil
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Fashion
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's cosmetics.
Meade was also married to director Dick Bremerkamp.
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Filmography
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Show Business'' (1944)
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Wonder Man'' (1945)
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The Thrill of Brazil
''The Thrill of Brazil'', also known as ''Dancing Down to Rio'', is a 1946 American musical film directed by S. Sylvan Simon for Columbia Pictures and starring Evelyn Keyes, Keenan Wynn, and Ann Miller
Ann Miller (born Johnnie Lucille Col ...
'' (1946)
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T-Men'' (1947)
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In This Corner'' (1948)
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Assigned to Danger
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Plo ...
'' (1948)
References
External links
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1923 births
2003 deaths
American film actresses
Actresses from Louisiana
20th-century American actresses
American expatriates in France
21st-century American women
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