
Mae Mercer (June 12, 1932 – October 29, 2008) was an American blues singer and actress. She was born in the Temperance Hall community of Edgecombe County. Mercer lived in North Carolina through age 15. She spent eight years in the 1960s singing in a blues bar in Paris, the Blues Club, owned by publisher Maurice Girodias and touring Europe. She eventually came to own and operate a blues club in the city. Mercer returned to the United States in the early 1970s to begin a career as an actress in films and television. Films in which she appeared included Dirty Harry (1971), The Beguiled (1971), Frogs (1972), Cindy (1978), and Pretty Baby (1978). She was co-producer of the documentary film Angela Davis: Portrait of a Revolutionary (1972). In 1996, the Mayor of Rocky Mount, NC, Fred Turnage, declared June 12 Mae Mercer Day. During this time, Mercer sought to produce her own biographical picture through her production company Black Owl Productions and was backed by local pastor Reverend James Bullock. Filming was slated to take place in Edgecombe County and other parts of North Carolina, New York, Paris and Southern California.

ER
TV • 1994

Mannix
TV • 1967

Ironside
TV • 1967

The Shield
TV • 2002

Medical Center
TV • 1969

L.A. Dragnet
TV • 2003

Dirty Harry
MOVIE • 1971

A Woman Called Moses
TV • 1978

Pretty Baby
MOVIE • 1978

The Hell with Heroes
MOVIE • 1968

The Beguiled
MOVIE • 1971

Kung Fu
TV • 1972

Frogs
MOVIE • 1972

Homer and Eddie
MOVIE • 1989

Widow
MOVIE • 1976

Cindy
MOVIE • 1978

The Sword and the Balance
MOVIE • 1963

The Swinging Cheerleaders
MOVIE • 1974