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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

79

Gender

Female

Birthday

1881-09-19

Day of Death

1964-07-04 (83 years old)

Place of Birth

Santa Barbara, California, USA

Also Known As

Mary Elizabeth Bush

Blanche Payson

Biography

Known For

Our Wife

Our Wife

Slippery Silks

Slippery Silks

All Over Town

All Over Town

Helpmates

Helpmates

The Women

The Women

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

You Can't Take It with You

You Can't Take It with You

The Little Rascal

The Little Rascal

The Talk of the Town

The Talk of the Town

Acting

Estrellados

1930

Estrellados

as

Actress at Casting Call (uncredited)

Kidding Katie

1923

Kidding Katie

as

Housemaid

Three Ages

1923

Three Ages

as

The Amazon (uncredited)

Jewel Robbery

1932

Jewel Robbery

as

Masseuse (uncredited)

The Land of Jazz

1920

The Land of Jazz

as

The Maid

Pop Goes the Easel

1935

Pop Goes the Easel

as

Art Student (uncredited)

Our Wife

1931

Our Wife

as

Turpin's wife

Below Zero

1930

Below Zero

as

Formidable woman

Nice Girl?

1941

Nice Girl?

as

A Maid Made Mad

1943

A Maid Made Mad

as

Amazon Hotel House Detective

The Bachelor's Baby

1927

The Bachelor's Baby

as

Mrs. Boppo

The Raspberry Romance

1925

The Raspberry Romance

as

Bonnie MacBelch - Rodney's Sweetheart

Motor Mad

1924

Motor Mad

as

Slippery Silks

1936

Slippery Silks

as

Woman on Street (uncredited)

Among the Living

1941

Among the Living

as

The Impatient Maiden

1932

The Impatient Maiden

as

Mrs. Thomas

Wife and Auto Trouble

1916

Wife and Auto Trouble

as

His Dominant Wife

All Over Town

1937

All Over Town

as

Mother Wilson, Landlady

The Suitor

1920

The Suitor

as

His First Car

1924

His First Car

as

2nd Camping Wife

Peaceful Oscar

1927

Peaceful Oscar

as

Blanche - Oscar's Wife

Naughty Boy

1927

Naughty Boy

as

The 'Shrinking Violet'

Oh, Doctor!

1925

Oh, Doctor!

as

Dr. Maude - the osteopath

A Doggone Mixup

1938

A Doggone Mixup

as

Landlady

For Heaven's Sake

1926

For Heaven's Sake

as

Lady on the Street (uncredited)

The Misfit

1924

The Misfit

as

The Domineering Wife

Taxi Troubles

1931

Taxi Troubles

as

Mother-in-Law

Drifting Souls

1932

Drifting Souls

as

Landlady

Half a Man

1925

Half a Man

as

Shipwrecked Woman

Slander House

1938

Slander House

as

Hilda

When a Man's a Prince

1926

When a Man's a Prince

as

Hilda - Princess of Amazonia

Red Noses

1932

Red Noses

as

Dr. Payson, Physical Therapist

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

1925

Super-Hooper-Dyne Lizzies

as

Amazonian Dancer (uncredited)

War Mamas

1931

War Mamas

as

Head Nurse (uncredited)

The Heart Snatcher

1920

The Heart Snatcher

as

One More Spring

1935

One More Spring

as

Wife

Music Is Magic

1935

Music Is Magic

as

Opera Singer in Music is Magic Number (uncredited)

Blind Date

1934

Blind Date

as

Nurse

Dogs Is Dogs

1931

Dogs Is Dogs

as

Spud's Mother (uncredited)

Helpmates

1932

Helpmates

as

Mrs. Hardy

Shivering and Shaking

1930

Shivering and Shaking

as

Formidable Woman (uncredited)

Loose Relations

1933

Loose Relations

as

The Women

1939

The Women

as

Masseuse (uncredited)

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

1939

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington

as

Committeewoman (uncredited)

Bringing Up Father

1928

Bringing Up Father

as

You Can't Take It with You

1938

You Can't Take It with You

as

Matron (uncredited)

Kiss Me Quick

1920

Kiss Me Quick

as

Crushed

1924

Crushed

as

Mrs. Jones

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

1943

Here Comes Mr. Zerk

as

Tenent

A Blitz on the Fritz

1943

A Blitz on the Fritz

as

Egbert's Mother-in-Law

Love Pains

1932

Love Pains

as

Mrs. Kornman

Li'l Abner

1940

Li'l Abner

as

Large Woman

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

1968

The Best of Laurel and Hardy

as

Formidable Woman (archive footage) (uncredited)

Angels Over Broadway

1940

Angels Over Broadway

as

Large Woman (uncredited)

The Little Rascal

1922

The Little Rascal

as

Baby Peggy's Mother

We Moderns

1925

We Moderns

as

Johanna

Convicted Woman

1940

Convicted Woman

as

Matron (uncredited)

The Talk of the Town

1942

The Talk of the Town

as

Supreme Court Spectator (uncredited)

The Sultan's Wife

1917

The Sultan's Wife

as

Harem Matron

Dollars and Sense

1916

Dollars and Sense

as

The Innkeeper's Wife

A Sanitarium Scandal

1917

A Sanitarium Scandal

as

Are Scotchmen Tight

1929

Are Scotchmen Tight

as

Ghosts on the Loose

1943

Ghosts on the Loose

as

Mrs. John G. Elwood (uncredited)

Thirst

1917

Thirst

as

Woman in Employment Agency (uncredited)

Half a Sinner

1934

Half a Sinner

as

Large Wife

Figures Don't Lie

1927

Figures Don't Lie

as

Mrs. Jones

The Broadway Melody

1929

The Broadway Melody

as

Wardrobe Lady (uncredited)

No Vacancies

1923

No Vacancies

as

His Better Half

In the Navy

1941

In the Navy

as

Hatchet-Faced Woman (uncredited)

A Social Cub

1916

A Social Cub

as

Bears and Bad Men

1918

Bears and Bad Men

as

Maw Cutshaw

Wicked

1931

Wicked

as

Matron

The Kid Reporter

1923

The Kid Reporter

as

Policewoman

Kidding Katie

1923

Kidding Katie

as

Governess

Damsels and Dandies

1919

Damsels and Dandies

as

Hansel and Gretel

1923

Hansel and Gretel

as

Hansel's mother

Papa's Boy

1927

Papa's Boy

as

Woman on Sidewalk (uncredited)

Bad Boy

1935

Bad Boy

as

Beauty à la Mud

1926

Beauty à la Mud

as

Mrs. Gotrox

Production

Crew

Directing