Mae Madison

Of Hungarian descent, auburn-haired Mae Madison (born Mariska Medgyzsi was one of several starlets specializing in playing tough girls in early Warner talkies. A native of Los Angeles, Madison joined the likes of Noel Francis, Adrienne Dore, Renee Whitney, and Glenda Farrell to provide color to the studio's many gangster films and musicals. Only Farrell made it to stardom, while Madison found herself lost in such ill-fitting fare as the John Wayne oater The Big Stampede (1932). Retiring in the mid-'30s, Madison was one of several early '30s personalities to reappear in the self-explanatory 2000 documentary I Used to Be in Pictures.

~ Hans J. Wollstein, All Movie Guide