Edna Mayo (born Edna Lane; March 23, 1895 – May 5, 1970) was an American

film actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), li ...

of the

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era.

Biography

Mayo was born in

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, and spent time as a stage actress before moving to Hollywood in 1914 to pursue an acting career. That year she received her first role, in the film ''Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn'' opposite

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. Following that film. In 1914 and 1915 she would star in twenty two films. Mayo wrote an article for Picture-Play Weekly in 1915 on the differences of using makeup for stage and film. In 1916 she appeared in only four films. It was over a year before she received another role, playing the female lead in ''Hearts of Love'' in 1918. It was her last film and she retired from acting. She eventually settled in

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, where she was residing at the time of her death on May 5, 1970.

Selected filmography

*'' Aristocracy'' (1914) *''

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'' (1915) *'' The Misleading Lady'' (1916) * '' The Strange Case of Mary Page'' (1916) * ''Hearts of Love'' (1918)

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* American silent film actresses Actresses from Philadelphia 1895 births 1970 deaths 20th-century American actresses {{US-film-actor-1890s-stub