May Beatty
{{Short description|New Zealand singer and actress (1880–1945)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = May Beatty
| image = May Beatty in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936).jpg
| caption = Beatty in Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1880|06|04}}
| birth_place = Christchurch, New Zealand
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|04|01|1880|06|04}}
| death_place = Hollywood, California, U.S.
| resting_place =
| occupation = Actress
| years_active = 1908–1943
| spouse = Edward Lauri
| children = 1
}}
May Beatty (4 June 1880–1 April 1945) was a New Zealand singer and stage and screen actress. She was born in Christchurch, New Zealand, on 4 June 1880.{{DNZB|title=May Beatty|first= Peter|last= Downes|id=2b13|accessdate=23 April 2017}}
Biography
Beatty began her performing career at age seven, touring with Pollard's Lilliputian Opera Company.{{cite news|date=4 September 1935|title=Film Flashes|volume=XLVII|page=18|newspaper=Sydney Mail|issue=1223|location=New South Wales, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article160501600|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=4 June 2021}} Her first performances in England were in 1908.{{cite news|date=4 April 1945|title=May Beatty Dies in Hollywood|page=16|newspaper=The Argus (Melbourne)|issue=30,763|location=Victoria, Australia|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article1105297|via=National Library of Australia|accessdate=4 June 2021}} In 1923 she toured Australia with Hugh J. Ward's company, performing in musical comedies.
Beatty was married to Edward Lauri and had one daughter, Bonnie Beatty, a screen actress. She died in Hollywood.
Partial filmography
- Vanity Street (1932)
- Horse Play (1933)
- Rainbow Over Broadway (1933)
- Our Betters (1933)
- Love Is Dangerous (1933)
- Mad Love (1935)
- Becky Sharp (1935)
- The Widow from Monte Carlo (1935)
- The Girl Who Came Back (1935)
- Here Comes The Band (1935)
- Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936)
- Private Number (1936)
- Lloyd's of London (1936)
- If I Were King (1938)
- I Am a Criminal (1938)
- The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (Mrs. Jameson) (1939)
References
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External links
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- [https://archive.today/20130127235053/http://www.lordheath.com/index.php?p=1_813_May-Beatty brief article on May Beatty as a Laurel & Hardy player]
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Category:20th-century New Zealand women singers
Category:New Zealand actresses
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