Mae Laborde
Encyclopedia
Mae Laborde is an American
television and film actress, who began her career at the age of 93 and who is, as of 2010 at age 101, still active (Talkshow with Spike Feresten
).
, Laborde arrived in Los Angeles at the height of the Great Depression, meeting her husband, Nicholas Laborde, when he was the conductor on Los Angeles' old Red Car trolley line that she used to take home from work. Laborde always kept working at one job or another, including a stint as bookkeeper for Lawrence Welk
.
She began acting in 2002 in her 90s. She was also the subject of the featured article on Yahoo! on March 30, 2007. She appears frequently on Talkshow with Spike Feresten
. On Saturday, February 21, 2009, three months before her centennial, she was awarded an honorary DTV converter box on Feresten's show in recognition of her very successful taped clip showing her difficulties in attempting to install a DTV converter box. The clip has been ranked #1 as the most-watched viral download.
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television and film actress, who began her career at the age of 93 and who is, as of 2010 at age 101, still active (Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006 to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons...
).
Background
A native of FresnoFresno, California
Fresno is a city in central California, United States, the county seat of Fresno County. As of the 2010 census, the city's population was 510,365, making it the fifth largest city in California, the largest inland city in California, and the 34th largest in the nation...
, Laborde arrived in Los Angeles at the height of the Great Depression, meeting her husband, Nicholas Laborde, when he was the conductor on Los Angeles' old Red Car trolley line that she used to take home from work. Laborde always kept working at one job or another, including a stint as bookkeeper for Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk
Lawrence Welk was an American musician, accordionist, bandleader, and television impresario, who hosted The Lawrence Welk Show from 1955 to 1982...
.
She began acting in 2002 in her 90s. She was also the subject of the featured article on Yahoo! on March 30, 2007. She appears frequently on Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten
Talkshow with Spike Feresten is an American late-night talk show television program on Fox starring Spike Feresten that aired from September 16, 2006 to May 16, 2009. It was the longest-running late night talk show in Fox's history, with three seasons...
. On Saturday, February 21, 2009, three months before her centennial, she was awarded an honorary DTV converter box on Feresten's show in recognition of her very successful taped clip showing her difficulties in attempting to install a DTV converter box. The clip has been ranked #1 as the most-watched viral download.