| Name: Mary Elizabeth MacLane.
Birthdate: 1 May 1881.
Birthplace: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Occupation: Writer:
books (wrote
first book at age 19, published 1902, sold almost 100,000
copies in first month),
feature articles, screenplay for silent movie in which
she starred as herself, said to have written at least one
play; gambler; wrote and starred in her own silent movie;
rumored to have worked as prostitute and, per family, as
manager of copywriting at Chicago advertising agency.
Father: James MacLane.
Father's occupation: Canadian government agent,
later owner of cattle herds and fleet of flat boats.
Mother: Margaret MacLane, later Margaret Klenze.
Mother's occupation: Home-maker.
Family notes: father died in 1889; mother married family
friend Henry Klenze shortly thereafter; Klenze said to have
spent family's inherited fortune from James MacLane on mining schemes and
other enterprises then committed suicide in mid-1920s; mother
deceased in 1930s - chose to be buried beside first husband,
James. Two brothers, one sister. Subject thought to have
had no children; not known to have married.
Criminal record: no convictions recorded - confessed in
books, articles, and interviews to petty thefts from family and
family friends; held as bailee for larceny in Chicago (1919) for
failure to return clothing worn in silent movie to fashion
designer; newspapers report MacLane was bailed out by "wealthy
acquaintances."
Most recent place of residence: residential hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Date of death: first days of August 1929.
Place of death: residential hotel, Chicago, Illinois.
Cause of death: unknown. | 
