May Allison
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Birth Place
Rising Fawn, Georgia
Born
June 14, 1990
Died
March 27, 1989
Cause of Death
Respiratory Failure
Biography
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Blonde leading lady of American silent film who began with a role in the Theda Bara classic, "A Fool There Was" (1915), and was a popular star by the time American entered WWI. Allison and Harold Lockwood former one of the most popular screen teams of their day in films including "Big Tremaine" (1916). Her popularity continued into the late 1920s, but Allison retired in 1927 to nurse her...
Filmography
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Her Indiscretions
(1927)
The Telephone Girl
(1927)
Grace Robinson
One Increasing Purpose
(1927)
Linda Travers Paris
The City
(1926)
Elinor Vorhees
Men of Steel
(1926)
Clare Pitt
Mismates
(1926)
Belle
Family & Companions
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Robert Ellis
Husband
Actor.
James Quirk
Husband
Magazine editor. Edited <i>Photoplay</i>.
Carl N Osborne
Husband
Industrialist.
Biography
Blonde leading lady of American silent film who began with a role in the Theda Bara classic, "A Fool There Was" (1915), and was a popular star by the time American entered WWI. Allison and Harold Lockwood former one of the most popular screen teams of their day in films including "Big Tremaine" (1916). Her popularity continued into the late 1920s, but Allison retired in 1927 to nurse her ill second husband, James Quirk, editor of Photoplay magazine, and did not return to her screen career after he died in 1932.
Filmography
Cast (Feature Film)
Her Indiscretions
(1927)
The Telephone Girl
(1927)
Grace Robinson
One Increasing Purpose
(1927)
Linda Travers Paris
The City
(1926)
Elinor Vorhees
Men of Steel
(1926)
Clare Pitt
Mismates
(1926)
Belle
The Greater Glory
(1926)
Corinne
Wreckage
(1925)
Rene
I Want My Man
(1925)
Lael
Youth for Sale
(1924)
Molly Malloy
Flapper Wives
(1924)
Claudia Bigelow
The Broad Road
(1923)
Mary Ellen Haley
The Woman Who Fooled Herself
(1922)
Eva Lee
Extravagance
(1921)
Nancy Brown
Big Game
(1921)
Eleanor Winthrop
The Marriage of William Ashe
(1921)
Kitty Bristol
The Last Card
(1921)
Elsie Kirkwood
Held in Trust
(1920)
Mary Manchester
The Cheater
(1920)
Lilly Meany
The Walk-Offs
(1920)
Kathleen Rutherford
Are All Men Alike?
(1920)
Theodora Hayden
Fair and Warmer
(1919)
Blanny Wheeler
Peggy Does Her Darndest
(1919)
Peggy Ensloe
In for Thirty Days
(1919)
Helen Corning
Castles in the Air
(1919)
Fortuna Donnelly
The Island of Intrigue
(1919)
Maida Waring
The Uplifters
(1919)
Hortense Troutt
Almost Married
(1919)
Adrienne Le Blanc
A Successful Adventure
(1918)
Virginia Houston
Her Inspiration
(1918)
Kate Kendall
The Testing of Mildred Vane
(1918)
Mildred Vane
The Winning of Beatrice
(1918)
Beatrice Buckley
Social Hypocrites
(1918)
Leonore Fielding
The Return of Mary
(1918)
Mary
The Hidden Children
(1917)
Lois de Contrecoeur
The Promise
(1917)
Ethel Manton
National Association's All-Star Picture
(1917)
The Masked Rider
(1916)
Jill Jamison
Life's Blind Alley
(1916)
Helen Keating
The Come-Back
(1916)
Patta Heberton
Mister 44
(1916)
Sadie Hicks
The River of Romance
(1916)
Rosalind Chalmers
The Other Side of the Door
(1916)
Ellie Fenwick
Pidgin Island
(1916)
Diana Wynne
Big Tremaine
(1916)
Isobel Malvern
The Governor's Lady
(1915)
Katherine Strickland
The House of a Thousand Scandals
(1915)
Martha Hobbs
The Buzzard's Shadow
(1915)
Alice Corbett
Secretary of Frivolous Affairs
(1915)
Loulie
The End of the Road
(1915)
Grace Wilson
David Harum
(1915)
Mary Blake
Life Events
Companions
Robert Ellis
Husband
Actor.
James Quirk
Husband
Magazine editor. Edited <i>Photoplay</i>.
Carl N Osborne
Husband
Industrialist.
