Mae Costello

Mae Costello was an American silent film actress of the early twentieth-century who is best known as the matriarch of the Costello family of actors. She made 17 films with Vitagraph Studios between 1911 and 1917, using the name Mrs. Maurice Costello, following her marriage to actor Maurice Costello at age 19 in 1902. The couple had two daughters, the actresses Dolores Costello and Helene Costello, who both began performing in films as children for Vitagraph in 1909 where her husband was employed.