Mary Ainslee

Mary Ainslee

Born: October 12, 1919
Died: November 1, 1991
in Norfolk, Virginia, USA
From Wikipedia

Mary Ainslee (October 12, 1919 – November 1, 1991) was an American film actress. She appeared in approximately 15 films between 1939 and 1952. Ainslee appeared in several Three Stooges films such as I'll Never Heil Again, In the Sweet Pie and Pie, Hokus Pokus, and He Cooked His Goose.

In the mid-1980s, she suffered a stroke and never fully recovered. She died on November 1, 1991.

Movies for Mary Ainslee...

Triple Crossed
Title: Triple Crossed
Character: Belle (archive footage)
Released: February 2, 1959
Type: Movie
Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Joe's fiancée. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry attempts to frame Joe as the boyfriend. Larry's plan backfires when Joe catches him and lets Moe deliver some punishment.
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Flagpole Jitters
Title: Flagpole Jitters
Character: Mary (archive footage)
Released: April 5, 1956
Type: Movie
The stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to wheelchair. At their jobs in a theater, where they hope to earn money for an operation for Mary, they witness a hypnotist, doing his act. The stooges become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament they fall into a window and foil a robbery in progress thus earning reward money to pay for Mary's operation.
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He Cooked His Goose
Title: He Cooked His Goose
Character: Belle
Released: July 3, 1952
Type: Movie
Larry is a pet dealer who's seeing Moe's wife while at the same time trying to steal Shemp's fiancée. When Moe's become suspicious, Larry attempts to frame Shemp as the boyfriend. He gets Shemp a job as a door to door pajama salesman and sends him to Moe's apartment, and then tells both Moe and Shemp's fiancée to go there and catch him in the act. Larry's plan backfires when Shemp catches him and lets Moe deliver some punishment.
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Hokus Pokus
Title: Hokus Pokus
Character: Mary
Released: May 5, 1949
Type: Movie
The Stooges are taking care of their invalid friend Mary who is confined to a wheelchair. What they don't know is that Mary is only faking her disability to swindle the insurance company. When the boys witness a hypnotist, "The Great Svengarlic", doing his act on the street, they think he might be able to hypnotize Mary so she can walk. Instead, they become subjects for his show and are hypnotized into walking out on a flagpole high above the ground. When they come out of their trance and realize their predicament, they fall into a window, startling Mary, who jumps from her wheelchair just as the insurance adjuster is about to hand her a check.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: Nita Van Sloan
Released: May 5, 1943
Type: Movie
Feature version of the American serial film of the same name, edited for exhibition overseas only, never exhibited in the USA in any medium, and evidently a lost film.
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Some More of Samoa
Title: Some More of Samoa
Character: Nurse / Curly's Blonde (uncredited)
Released: December 4, 1941
Type: Movie
The Stooges are tree surgeons who are enlisted by a rich old man to find a mate for his rare puckerless persimmon tree. The boys sail to the tropical island of Rhum-Boogie to find the tree. When they arrive they are captured by the natives and will be eaten unless Curly marries the Chief's ugly daughter. The boys escape with the tree and, after a confrontation with an alligator, sail off with their prize.
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In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Title: In the Sweet Pie and Pie
Character: Taska Jones
Released: October 16, 1941
Type: Movie
The Stooges are convicts about to be executed for some murders they didn't commit. The day before the execution they are tricked into marrying three rich girls who need husbands to collect a legacy. At the last minute the real murderers confess and the stooges are pardoned. The girls are now stuck with the Stooges so they plot to get rid of them by making them become gentlemen. The girl's lawyer convinces them to throw a big party in the hope that the Stooges will humiliate them and they can get a divorce. The boys do just that as the party degenerates into a wild pie fight. But the girls decide to keep the stooges and give their lawyer the boot.
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Sailors on Leave
Title: Sailors on Leave
Character: Sadie
Released: September 30, 1941
Type: Movie
If a shy sailor marries before his next birthday, he will inherit a fortune.
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The Spider Returns
Title: The Spider Returns
Character: Nita Van Sloan
Released: May 9, 1941
Type: Movie
The evil and masked "Gargoyle" is sabotaging all of America's industrial plants. It is up to the Spider to save the country.
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Sis Hopkins
Title: Sis Hopkins
Character: Vera De Vere
Released: April 12, 1941
Type: Movie
An unsophisticated farm girl enrolls in college and stars in the campus musical.
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I'll Never Heil Again
Title: I'll Never Heil Again
Character: Princess Gilda (uncredited)
Released: April 4, 1941
Type: Movie
The Stooges have taken over the country of Moronica. Moe is Hailstone the Dictator, Curly is a Field Marshal and Larry is Minister of Propaganda. The Stooges are planning with their allies to conquer the world, which mainly consists of fighting over a globe. The former king's daughter gets into their headquarters and plants a bomb which Curly detonates. All ends well as the king regains control of the country and the Stooges wind up as trophies on the wall.
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Pride of the Bowery
Title: Pride of the Bowery
Character: Elaine White
Released: December 15, 1940
Type: Movie
Muggs is tricked into entering a Civilian Conservation Corps camp by Danny in order to get in shape. Muggs resists and battles with the camp captain and with other campers. He also becomes involved in trying to help one of his friends get out of trouble.
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Earl of Puddlestone
Title: Earl of Puddlestone
Character: Marian Potter-Potter
Released: August 31, 1940
Type: Movie
When Betty's father sees the condescending attitude displayed toward her by a rich family, he decides to get back at them by making them believe that his family has "royal" connections.
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When the Daltons Rode
Title: When the Daltons Rode
Character: Minnie
Released: August 23, 1940
Type: Movie
Young lawyer Tod Jackson arrives in pioneer Kansas to visit his prosperous rancher friends the Daltons, just as the latter are in danger of losing their land to a crooked development company. When Tod tries to help them, a faked murder charge turns the Daltons into outlaws, but more victims than villains in this fictionalized version. Will Tod stay loyal to his friends despite falling in love with Bob Dalton's former fiancée Julie?
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Mad Youth
Title: Mad Youth
Character: Marian Morgan
Released: May 5, 1940
Type: Movie
A rich society mother hires a male escort, but he falls for her daughter instead. The mother-daughter conflict forces the daughter to run off to stay with a friend who is enslaved by a prostitution ring.