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May Emory

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May Emory
Emory in Teddy at the Throttle (1917)
Born
Minnie L. Snyder

(1880-11-11)November 11, 1880
DiedOctober 15, 1948(1948-10-15) (aged 67)
New York City, U.S.
Resting placeHoly Cross Cemetery, Culver City, California
Other namesMae Emory
OccupationActress
Years active1915–1920
Spouse
(m. 1918)

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

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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 in 1915

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

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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

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  • 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

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  1. ^ a b c "Harry Gribbon, 75, early film comic". The New York Times. August 1, 1961. p. 31. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  2. ^ "'The Tenderfoot' Revived at the National Theatre". The Boston Globe. March 1, 1914. p. 57. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "May Emory". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on August 2, 2021. Retrieved August 2, 2021.
  4. ^ "May Emory New L-Ko-ite". Statesman Journal. Oregon, Salem. December 4, 1915. p. 6. Retrieved August 2, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ 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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