Mary Ainslee (born Florence Stiegler; October 12, 1914 – November 1, 1991) was an American film actress. She appeared in approximately 15 films between 1939 and 1952.
Early years Ainslee was a native of Newport News, Virginia, and the daughter of Mrs. Clifton E. Rudd. She attended Matthew Fontaine Maury High School and Newport News High School.
Career Ainslee left Newport News in 1935 to try acting in New York. Before she began working in films, she performed in stock theater with the Provincetown Players and other groups in the eastern United States.
Ainslee's film debut was in Fight for Your Lady. She 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. Ainslee's sequences in the latter two shorts were reused in the Three Stooges' Flagpole Jitters and Triple Crossed.
Personal life and death Ainslee was married to Universal producer John DeSilva. They were divorced on May 11, 1938. She married Edwin Hutzler II in 1943 and postponed her career for the duration of the war, planning to return to acting after it ended. They lived in Tampa, Florida, and she took courses at the University of Tampa. They were divorced on June 17, 1949.
In the mid-1980s, she suffered a stroke and never fully recovered. She died on November 1, 1991. She was buried in Riverside Memorial Park in Norfolk, Virginia.
Filmography Year Title Role Notes1939 Missing Daughters Showgirl Uncredited1939 Mad Youth Marian Morgan 1940 When the Daltons Rode Minnie 1940 Earl of Puddlestone Marian Potter-Potter 1940 Pride of the Bowery Elaine 1941 Sis Hopkins Vera De Vere 1941 The Spider Returns Nita Van Sloan Serial1941 I'll Never Heil Again Princess Gilda Short, Uncredited1941 Sailors on Leave Sadie 1941 In the Sweet Pie and Pie Taska Jones Short1941 Some More of Samoa Nurse / Curly's Blonde Short, Uncredited1941 Harvard, Here I Come! Phyllis 1941 Tillie the Toiler 1949 Hokus Pokus Mary Short1951 Pest Man Wins Party Guest Short, Uncredited (archive footage)1952 He Cooked His Goose Belle Short, (final film role)1956 Flagpole Jitters Mary Short, (archive footage)1959 Triple Crossed Belle Short, (archive footage)
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