Actress. She was a 20th-century American actress, who was best remembered for her portrayal of the strait-laced Sarah Burton in the 1939 film, "Riders of the Frontier". Born Mae Smith, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage in stock companies. Upon being introduced to director Eugene Mullin while attending a conference at the Vitagraph Studios, she impressed Mullin with her dark good looks, slim physique, remarkable sense of humor and acting potential. This meeting led to her career in the film industry beginning under his supervision with the 1910 leading role in "Twelfth Night". From there, she would go on to flourish as a notable character actress appearing in over 100 features with various female roles including wives, mothers, grandmothers, old maids, women with a past, secretaries, white-collared workers, nurses, beauticians, telephone operators, retail clerks, waitresses, educators, landladies, neighbors, busybodies, dowagers, matrons, housekeepers, reporters, seamstresses, wardens, cooks, servants, singers, and matriarchs to name a few. As a prolific actress, she is credited with appearing in 20 to 30 films a year until 1920. She appeared in " Walk, -- You, Walk!" in 1912, "Shannon of the Sixth" in 1914, "Mysteries of the Grand Hotel" in 1915, "The Social Pirates" in 1916, "A Whirlwind of Whiskers" in 1917, "His Birthright" in 1918, and "Bonds of Honor" in 1919. She appeared mainly in Western genre films from 1920 onward, which included "Thunderbolt Jack" in 1920, "Hills of Hate" in 1921, "Riders of the Law" in 1922, "Wolf Tracks" in 1923, "The Wild Horse Stampede" in 1926, "Men of Daring" in 1927, "A Son of the Desert" in 1928, "Outlaw Rule" in 1935, "Convicted Woman" in 1940, "South of Santa Fe" in 1942, "Along the Navajo Trail" in 1945, "Stagecoach to Denver" in 1946, "Big Town After Dark" in 1947, "The Fighting Redhead" in 1949, and "The Great Jesse James Raid" in 1953. She is credited with 273 films at least. During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, had been a regular parishioner of the Catholic church, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, presided on her local charters of the American Red Cross and the United Way, sat on the board of directors for the California division of the Homemakers of America, was cited by gossip columnist Louella Parsons as being "The Shining Star of the Silent Era", sang in the Los Angeles Opera, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was the celebrity spokeswoman for RCA Victor and Paper Mate Ballpoint Pens, and she was married to a character actor of western silent films, Jack Hoxie from 1920 to 1925 and their union ended in divorce and produced no children. Following her 1953 retirement, she spent the remainder of her life living comfortably at the Motion Picture and Television House devoting her time to religious and charitable causes until her death from the complications of cerebral arteriosclerosis.