May Milloy (January 25, 1875 – November 18, 1967) was an American actress on Broadway, in

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, and in several films.

Early life

May Milloy is usually described as

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-born, however some reviews mentioned

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as her home. She had acted in Montreal by 1896, before moving to the United States. Her brother Richard Milloy was also an actor and vaudeville performer, and he was also described as being from Montreal.

Career

Milloy was in two Broadway shows in 1912, ''The Fatted Calf'' and ''The Point of View''. Other shows she acted in included ''My Geraldine'' (1896, in Montreal), ''Mr. Hopkinson'' (1909 tour, including Seattle and San Francisco) and ''More Sinned Against Than Usual'' (1912-1913), "a high-class travesty sketch". She performed in vaudeville in an all-woman show called ''Beauty is Only Skin Deep'' (1914-1915). In 1916, she was still in vaudeville, in an act with her husband, Texas actor Ford West. 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." Milloy was cast in several films including ''

Souls for Sale ''Souls for Sale'' is a 1923 American silent comedy drama film written, directed, and produced by Rupert Hughes, based on the novel of the same name by Hughes. The film stars Eleanor Boardman in her first leading role, having won a contract w ...

'' (1923), ''Hurdy Gurdy'' (1929, with

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), ''Dad's Day'' (1929), and ''

The Man from Blankley's ''The Man from Blankley's'' is a lost 1930 American pre-Code comedy film, directed by Alfred E. Green. It starred John Barrymore and Loretta Young. The film was based on the 1903 play by Thomas Anstey Guthrie, writing under the pseudonym "F. An ...

'' (1930, starring

Loretta Young Loretta Young (born Gretchen Young; January 6, 1913 – August 12, 2000) was an American actress. Starting as a child, she had a long and varied career in film from 1917 to 1953. She won the Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in the fil ...

and

John Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...

Personal life

May Milloy married Ford West in 1915, in Minnesota; he died in 1936. She died in

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, in 1967, aged 92 years.

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