May Milloy (January 25, 1875 – November 18, 1967) was an American actress on Broadway, in vaudeville, and in several films.
May Milloy | |
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 May Milloy, from a 1914 publication. | |
| Born | January 25, 1875 either Dublin or Montreal |
| Died | November 18, 1967 Santa Barbara, California |
| Nationality | American, possibly also Irish or Canadian |
| Occupation | actress |
Early life
editMay Milloy is usually described as Dublin-born, however some reviews mentioned Montreal as her home.[1] She had acted in Montreal by 1896, before moving to the United States.[2] Her brother Richard Milloy was also an actor and vaudeville performer,[3] and he was also described as being from Montreal.[4]
Career
editMilloy was in two Broadway shows in 1912, The Fatted Calf and The Point of View.[5] Other shows she acted in included My Geraldine (1896, in Montreal),[2] Mr. Hopkinson (1909 tour, including Seattle and San Francisco)[6][7] and More Sinned Against Than Usual (1912-1913),[8][9] "a high-class travesty sketch".[10] She performed in vaudeville in an all-woman show called Beauty is Only Skin Deep (1914-1915).[11] In 1916, she was still in vaudeville, in an act with her husband, Texas actor Ford West.[12]
Milloy's advice to women, as recorded in a 1914 interview, was this: "Women should read, study, make an effort to have their mental equipment modern and useful. It can only be done by work; but if women worked as hard at their minds as they do at their complexions and their clothes, the world would be a more amusing and satisfactory place in which to live."[11]
Milloy was cast in several films including Souls for Sale (1923),[13] Hurdy Gurdy (1929, with Thelma Todd),[14] Dad's Day (1929), and The Man from Blankley's (1930, starring Loretta Young and John Barrymore).[15]
Personal life
editMay Milloy married Ford West in 1915, in Minnesota; he died in 1936. She died in Santa Barbara, California, in 1967, aged 92 years.
References
edit- ^ "About this Week's Orpheum Players". Calgary Herald. 30 May 1914. p. 12. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Music and Drama". The Gazette. 13 October 1896. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Orpheum's Attractive Programme". The Vancouver Sun. 11 June 1914. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vaudeville Bills at Two Theatres". The Gazette. 24 June 1916. p. 3. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hines, Dixie; Hanaford, Harry Prescott (1914). Who's who in Music and Drama. H.P. Hanaford. pp. 432, 451.
May Milloy.
- ^ "Mr. Hopkinson Again". New York Dramatic Mirror. 62: 13. 16 October 1909.
- ^ "A scene from "Mr. Hopkinson"". digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow, Jr., Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (August 1912). "San Francisco's Theatrical Rehabilitation". Theatre Magazine. 16: 53.
- ^ "The Cautious Comedienne". The Green Book Magazine. 11: 850. May 1914.
- ^ "Footlight Flashes". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 25 January 1914. p. 50. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Beauty is Only Skin Deep; Little May Milloy Talks of What Woman Owes Herself". The Brooklyn Citizen. 18 January 1914. p. 8. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Vaudeville Notes". Chicago Examiner. 1 October 1916. p. 47. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Souls for Sale". Photoplay Magazine. 24: 112. June 1923.
- ^ Bradley, Edwin M. (14 June 2015). The First Hollywood Sound Shorts, 1926-1931. McFarland. p. 319. ISBN 9781476606842.
- ^ Bernardine, Sue (18 May 1930). "Barrymore Comedy Opens at Ritz Today". The San Bernardino County Sun. p. 7. Retrieved 1 May 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
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- May Milloy at IMDb
- May Milloy at the Internet Broadway Database