Mabel Paige

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Mabel Paige
Mabel Paige, "The Idol of the South", 1899
Born	Mabel Paige Roberts (1880-12-19)December 19, 1880 New York, New York, U.S.
Died	February 9, 1954(1954-02-09) (aged 73) Van Nuys, California, U.S.
Years active	1914-1953
Spouse	Charles W. Ritchie ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1931)​

Mabel Paige (December 19, 1880 – February 9, 1954) was an American stage and film actress.

Paige began acting at age four, when she appeared in Van, the Virginian.^[1]

When she was 11 years old, Paige began acting in stock theater.^[2] She appeared in dozens of stage plays, including Little Lord Fauntleroy in 1892, Rip van Winkle in 1899, and At Cozy Corners in 1905. In the South, she became particular a favorite and was acclaimed as the "Idol of the South. Her Mabel Paige Theatrical Company toured the region for many years.^{[citation needed]} She also had troupes known as the Mabel Paige Repertoire Company and the Mabel Paige Southern Company.^[3]

After she married, Paige left acting to raise her family. She was away from show business for more than a decade, but financial problems prompted her to return to acting.^[2]

Her Broadway credits included Gramercy Ghost (1951), Two Blind Mice (1949), Out of the Frying Pan (1941), Western Waters (1937), Murder in the Cathedral (1936), and Lost Horizons (1934).^[4]

Paige also acted in more than 50 films between 1914 and 1953. In her first silent films for the Lubin Company,^[5] she co-starred in romantic comedies with Oliver Hardy as her leading man.

One of Paige's last appearances as an actress was on the CBS-TV sitcom I Love Lucy. That episode, "The Girls Go Into Business", aired on October 12, 1953.

Paige died in Van Nuys, California from a heart attack on February 9, 1954. She was 73.^{[citation needed]}

• I Love Lucy, episode #68 (1953), "The Girls Go Into Business", as Mrs. Hansen.
• Annie Oakley (1954) Episode #7 titled "A Gal For Grandma," as Mrs. Frances Randall

• Maltin, Leonard (2015) [First published 1969]. "Mabel Paige". The Real Stars : Profiles and Interviews of Hollywood's Unsung Featured Players (softcover) (Sixth / eBook ed.). Great Britain: CreateSpace Independent. pp. 218–229. ISBN 978-1-5116-4485-3.

• Mabel Paige at IMDb
• Mabel Paige at the Internet Broadway Database
• Mabel Paige at Find a Grave