Mary Ainslee
American actress
Mary Ainslee (born Florence Stiegler; October 12, 1914 – November 1, 1991) was an American film actress. She appeared in approximately 15 films between 1939 and 1952.
Early years
Ainslee was a native of Newport News, Virginia, and the daughter of Mrs. Clifton E. Rudd. She attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School and Newport News High School.
Career
Ainslee left Newport News in 1935 to try acting in New York. Before she began working in films, she performed in stock theater with the Provincetown Players and other groups in the eastern United States.
Ainslee's film debut was in Fight for Your Lady. She appeared in several Three Stooges films such as I'll Never Heil Again, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Hokus Pokus, and He Cooked His Goose. Ainslee's sequences in the latter two shorts were reused in the Three Stooges' Flagpole Jitters and Triple Crossed.
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