Mary Meade

{{Short description|American actress (1923–2003)}}

{{distinguish|Mary Mead}}

{{Infobox actor

| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|24}}

| birth_place = Louisiana, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|12|10|1923|11|24}}

| death_place = Apple Valley, California, U.S.

| occupation = Film actor

| yearsactive = 1944–1950

| spouse = Ted Grouya (1949-1955)
Dick Bremerkamp (1973-2001) (his death){{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show/184/Mary+Meade/index.html|title=Mary Meade - The Private Life and Times of Mary Meade. Mary Meade Pictures.|website=www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com}}

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Mary Meade (November 24, 1923 – December 10, 2003) was an American film actress who rose to fame in the latter 1940s.

Born in Louisiana, her first role was in Wonder Man (1945), as a Goldwyn Girl. In 1949, she married Ted Grouya in Paris and embarked on a European career that included stints in the lavish production Gay Paris at the Casino de Paris (1951),{{cite news|last1=Hargrove|first1=Rosette|title=Los Angeles Blonde Wows Paree in 50-Pound Dress|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4589563/mt_vernon_registernews/|agency=Mt. Vernon Register-News|date=June 7, 1951|location=Illinois, Mt. Vernon|page=18|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 11, 2016}} {{Open access}} and at the Pigalle Club in London. Back in the United States she performed in venues such as the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel and in 1953 was selected as one of the nation's 15 best-dressed women by the New York Fashion Academy. One of her last public performances was for Germaine Monteil's cosmetics.{{cite web|url=http://www.glamourgirlsofthesilverscreen.com/show.php?id=184|title=Mary Meade|publisher=Glamour Girls of the Silver Screen|accessdate=11 May 2011}}

Meade was also married to director Dick Bremerkamp.{{cite news|last1=Breuer|first1=Howard|title=Show business veterans find desert lifestyle inviting|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/4592767/the_san_bernardino_county_sun/|agency=The San Bernardino County Sun|date=February 15, 1987|location=California, San Bernardino|page=108|via = Newspapers.com|accessdate = March 11, 2016}} {{Open access}}