Mae LaBorde

From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mae Laborde May 13 1909 January 9 2012 was an American television and film actress who began her career at the age of 93 and who was active until her death at age 102 She was best known for her appearances on Talkshow with Spike Feresten as well as portraying Gladys on Its Always Sunny in Philadelphia Background Born in 1909 to Paul and Fereday Shamlianin Fresno Laborde arrived in Los Angeles at the height of the Great Depression She met her husband Nicholas Laborde when he was the conductor on Los Angeles old Red Car trolley line that she took home from work She worked throughout her life 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 2007She appeared frequently on Talkshow with Spike Feresten Although not an acting gig she appeared as an interviewee in the 1998 KCET production of More Things That Arent Here Anymore hosted by veteran broadcaster Ralph Story On Saturday February 21 2009 at 99 years old she was awarded an honorary DTV converter box on Ferestens show in recognition of her very funny taped clip showing her difficulties in attempting to install a DTV converter box The clip has been ranked 1 as the mostwatched viral download Laborde died in 2012 aged 102 in Santa Monica where she had lived for more than 80 years Laborde outlived both her husband Nicholas and their only child their daughter Mrs Shirley Miller Laborde was survived by three grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren