Olive May
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Olive May | |
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| Born | November 17, 1871 |
| Died | July 24, 1938 (aged 66) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Spouses | John W. Albaugh Jr.
(m. 1907; "his death" is deprecated; use "died" instead. 1910) |
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Olive May (November 17, 1871 – July 24, 1938) was an American stage actress. She appeared in the popular play Arizona and appeared in Maude Adams's company.[1][2][3]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]May was married to playwright Henry Guy Carleton from 1894 to 1898.[4][5][6] She married actor and manager John W. Albaugh Jr. (son of John W. Albaugh) in 1907; he died in 1910.[7][8][9][10][11]
Death
[edit | edit source]May died on July 24, 1938, in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 66.[12]
Selected performances
[edit | edit source]- The Butterflies (1894) as Suzanne Elise
- The White Heather (1897) as Mollie Fanshawe
- Arizona (1899) as Bonita (Chicago debut) (Eleanor Robson took over by time of 1900 New York debut)[13]
- Richard Carvel (1900) as Patty Swain
References
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- ^ (8 September 1898). Mrs. Henry Guy Carleton Divorced, The New York Times
- ^ (8 September 1898). Olive May's sacrifice: Why she married Henry Guy Carleton the play writer, Jamestown Weekly Alert (reprint of Chicago Chronicle article)
- ^ (18 January 1899). SUIT OVER BRIDAL GIFT; Henry Guy Carleton's Divorced Wife Claims "The Butterflies." SHE INSPIRED THE PLAYWRIGHT Especially in the Third Act, He Wrote -- Carleton Explains Poetic Letter to His Betrothed, The New York Times
- ^ Who's who on the Stage 1908, p. 10M
- ^ (8 April 1910). John W. Albaugh, Jr., Dead, The New York Times
- ^ Partington, Blanche (14 August 1904). With the Players and the Music Folk, San Francisco Call
- ^ (8 April 1910). Albaugh Jr. Dead, Washington Herald
- ^ The World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews Vol. 1, p. 203 (1970) (note this source contains incorrect information; it conflates another Olive May with this one)
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- ^ Arizona, A Drama in Four Acts (1899) (original Chicago cast listing)
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Olive May (American actress).
- Olive May at the Internet Broadway DatabaseLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Olive May gallery at the Museum of the City of New York
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