Actress. She is best remembered for her portrayal of the wholesome Mrs. Hubbard in "Leather Gloves" (1948). Born Mae Walker, after attaining her degree in theatrical arts from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York City, New York, she began her career as a leading lady on the stage appearing in such productions as "Dinner at Eight," "Street Scene," "Blithe Spirit," "The Philadelphia Story," "Allegro," "Dear Ruth," "The Old Maid," "All This and Heaven Too," "The Mousetrap," "Jezebel," "Oklahoma!," "Les Misérables," "The Little Foxes," "Her Cardboard Lover," "Romeo and Juliet," "The Heiress," "Watch on the Rhine," "Bill of Divorcement," "You Can't Take it With You," "Skin of Our Teeth," "The Glass Menagerie," "A Christmas Carol," "Our Town," "The Matchmaker," "Alice in Wonderland," "Stage Door," and "The Man Who Came to Dinner." While attending a luncheon at the prestigious Russian Tea Room, she was introduced to actor and director Orson Welles. Impressed by her mature appearance, wholesome behavior, and professionalism, he arranged for her to begin a career in the film industry beginning with her appearing under his supervision per a supporting role in "Citizen Kane" (1941). From there, she would go on to enjoy a successful career as a notable character actress appearing in over 25 features; often typecast as wives, mothers, grandmothers, spinsters, educators, busybodies, columnists, kindly neighbors, landladies, eccentrics, nannies, nurses, clergywomen, wealthy widows, aristocrats, dowagers, patients, baronesses, salesladies, and matriarchs. She appeared in such feature films as "To the Ends of the Earth" (1948), "Task Force" (1949), "Once More, My Darling" (1949), "Flame of Youth" (1949), "Abandoned" (1949), "Please Believe Me" (1950), "Two Flags West" (1950), "Harvey" (1950), "Dark City" (1950), "The Company She Keeps" (1951), "Angel" (1952), "It Happens Every Thursday" (1953), "The Robe" (1953), "A Man Called Peter" (1955), and "The True Story of Jesse James" (1957). On television, she appeared in numerous guest spots on such syndicated sitcoms as "I Love Lucy," "Lux Video Theatre," "Gunsmoke," "The Lone Ranger," "Frontier," "Dragnet," "Four Star Playhouse," "The Millionaire," and "General Electric Theatre." During her career, she was a member of the Screen Actors Guild, was supportive of the Motion Picture and Television Fund, had been an honorary member of Actors Equity, was a member of the Hollywood Democratic Committee, had been a regular parishioner of the Episcopal church, presided as a chairwoman for her local charters of the American Red Cross and the Girl Scouts, had been a commercial model for the Forbes Agency, was a theatrical instructor for the Pasadena Playhouse, and she was married to mining engineer Douglas Corner with whom she mothered two sons. Following her 1957 retirement, she spent the final years of her life devoted to charitable and religious causes, until her death.