Famous People with Name Mae

Mae Questel            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mae Questel: was an American actress and vocal artist. Her surname was pronounced ques-TELL.Born Mae Kwestel in New York City, she won a talent contest at the age of 17, and began performing in vaudeville. She was seen by animator Max Fleischer, who was looking for an actress to provide the voice for his Betty Boop character. Questel's "Boop-boop-a-doop" routine, done in a style similar to that of the song's originator, Helen Kane, while at the same time evoking something of the naughty allure of film star Clara Bow, was exactly what Fleischer wanted. From 1931 until 1939, Questel provided the voice of Betty Boop in more than 150 animated shorts. During the 1930s she released a recording of "On the Good Ship Lollipop" which sold more than 2 million copies.

Mae Carol Jemison            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mae Carol Jemison: Mae Carol Jemison was born on October 17, 1956 in Decatur, Alabama Mae Jemison is the youngest child of Charlie Jemison, a maintenance supervisor for a charity organization, and Dorothy (Green) Jemison, who worked for most of her career as an elementary school teacher of English and math at the Beethoven School in Chicago. The family moved to Chicago, Illinois,

Mae Margaret Whitman            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mae Margaret Whitman: an American television, movie and voice actress. She is known for playing the titular role of Grace in State of Grace and for her featured appearance on the TV show Arrested Development, where she played the role of Ann Veal, George Michael Bluth's girlfriend. Her best known voice work at this point is as the voice of Katara in the animated television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and American Dragon: Jake Long as Rose/Huntsgirl. She also appeared as the President's daughter in the movie Independence Day. She will provide the voice of Disney's Tinker Bell character in the self-titled direct to DVD movie.

Mae West            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mae West: was an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and sex symbol.The family was Protestant, despite her Jewish mother,[2] who was a Bavarian German immigrant. Her Roman Catholic paternal grandmother, who was Irish, as well as other relations who were Roman Catholic, and the woman who helped deliver her, disapproved of her career and its choices. According to biographer Jill Watts, West's paternal grandfather, John Edwin, may have been an African American who passed for white.[3][4]

Mae A. Schunk            Origin/Culture/Country: American

Mae A. Schunk: served as the 45th Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. Elected on the same ticket as Jesse Ventura in 1998, she became the first Reform Party member elected as lieutenant governor of any state (The party later changed its name to the Indep