May Emory
May Emory | |
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 Emory in Teddy at the Throttle (1917) | |
| Born | Minnie L. Snyder November 11, 1880 |
| Died | October 15, 1948 (aged 67) New York City, U.S. |
| Resting place | Holy Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California |
| Other names | Mae Emory |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1915–1920 |
| Spouse | |
May Emory (born Minnie L. Snyder; November 11, 1880 – October 15, 1948) was an American actress whose name was also seen as Mae Emory.[1]
Biography
[edit]Emory was born in Austin, Illinois. She performed in vaudeville, working with her husband on the Keith, Orpheum, and Pantages circuits.[1] On stage, she performed with the Morton Opera Company, including a production of The Tenderfoot at the National Theatre in Boston in 1914.[2] Her Broadway credits included Her Little Highness (1913), The Rose Maid (1912), The Merry Whirl (1910), A Skylark (1910), Ziegfeld Follies of 1908 (1908), A Parisian Model (1908), The Hoyden (1908), and Ziegfeld Follies of 1907 (1907).[3]
Emory and her husband, Harry Gribbon, joined the L-KO Kompany and began making comedy films.[4] She appeared in 28 films between 1915 and 1919. Some of her work from Teddy at the Throttle appears in the 1960 compilation When Comedy Was King.
Personal life
[edit]She was married to Harry Gribbon, brother of actor Eddie Gribbon.[1] She is buried next to her husband at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.[5]
Selected filmography
[edit]- That Little Band of Gold (1915)
- Life and Moving Pictures (1915)
- Love on an Empty Stomach (1915)
- A Tale of Twenty Stories (1915)
- Mister Flirt in Wrong (1915)
- Scandal in the Family (1915)
- Avenged by a Fish (1915)
- Does Flirting Pay? (1915)
- The Idle Rich (1915)
- His Father's Footsteps (1915)
- The Hunt (1915)
- A Movie Star (1916)
- Love Will Conquer (1916)
- Fido's Fate (1916)
- By Stork Delivery (1916)
- Caught on a Skyscraper (1916)
- His Bread and Butter (1916)
- Ambrose's Cup of Woe (1916)
- Madcap Ambrose (1916)
- A Social Cub (1916)
- Vampire Ambrose (1916)
- Stars and Bars (1917)
- Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
- Thirst (1917)
- Business Before Honesty (1918)
- A Pullman Blunder (1918)
- The King of the Kitchen (1918)
- Work or Fight (1918)
- A Taste of Life (1919)
- Footlight Maids (1919)
- Welcome Home (1920)
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Harry Gribbon, 75, early film comic". The New York Times. August 1, 1961. p. 31. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "'The Tenderfoot' Revived at the National Theatre". The Boston Globe. March 1, 1914. p. 57. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "May Emory". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
- ^ "May Emory New L-Ko-ite". Statesman Journal. Oregon, Salem. December 4, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Wilson, Scott (August 22, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 383. ISBN 9780786479924 – via Google Books.
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