Christine Mayo
Christine Mayo | |
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Jersey City, New Jersey , U.S. | |
Died | January 9, 1961 (aged 77) New York City, U.S. |
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1915–1924 |
Christine Mayo (December 25, 1883 – January 9, 1961)[citation needed] was a silent film actress.
Biography
Mayo was featured in
In
International spy Dr. Karl Graves was arrested in Lima, Ohio, where he traveled after watching Mayo perform at the Empire Theater in New York City. Graves authored Revelations of the Kaiser's Personal Spy. Mayo was in Lima with her manager, Phil Selznik, when Graves was apprehended, stopping first in Bucyrus, Ohio, when she left New York.[5]
Mayo plays the scatterbrained Mrs. Chadwick in The Hottentot (1922). One reviewer complimented her acting as a "bright characterization".[7] In the 1923 feature The Shock, starring
Mayo appeared with some of the most popular actors of her era. She made
Mayo was in the troupe of the Wilkes Stock Company in April 1929 at the Majestic Theater in Los Angeles, California. She joined Edward Everett Horton in a stage production of The Hottentot.[11]
Mayo enjoyed cooking chicken a la king, interior decorating, and reading classic novels by
Selected filmography
- A Mother's Confession (1915)
- The Spell of the Yukon (1916)
- The Iron Woman (1916)
- Two Men and a Woman (1917)
- Who's Your Neighbor? (1917)
- Raffles, the Amateur Cracksman (1917)
- A Successful Adventure (1918)
- The House of Mirth (1918)
- Fair and Warmer(1919)
- A Fugitive from Matrimony (1919)
- Duds (1920)
- An Amateur Devil (1920)
- The Girl in the Web (1920)
- The Palace of Darkened Windows (1920)
- Don't Ever Marry (1920)
- When We Were 21 (1921)
- The Understudy (1922)
- A Dangerous Game (1922)
- The Hottentot (1922)
- The Shock(1923)
- Don't Marry for Money (1923)
- For Sale (1924)
References
- ^ a b Famous Movie Actress Is Coming To The City, Portsmouth, Ohio Daily Times, April 13, 1917, pg. 13
- ^ Amusements, Newark, Ohio Daily Advocate, Saturday, September 30, 1916, pg. 3.
- ^ Christine Mayo, Fort Wayne Journal-Gazette, Wednesday Morning, June 7, 1916, pg. 15.
- ^ Week's News And Views Of The Stage And Pictures, Los Angeles Times, December 2, 1917, pg. III1.
- ^ International Spy, In Lima , Is Caught, Lima Daily News, Friday, August 17, 1917, pg 1.
- ^ Player Gives Valuable Aid to Government, Bridgeport, Connecticut Telegram, Saturday, April 20, 1918, pg. 22.
- ^ Flashes, Los Angeles Times, December 5, 1921, Page II7.
- ^ Chaney Plays Pulse Teaser At Kinema, Los Angeles Times, June 11, 1923, Page II7.
- ^ Aimless Plot In Cameo Photoplay, Los Angeles Times, December 23, 1924, Page A11.
- ^ The Screen, The New York Times, July 11, 1924, pg 11.
- ^ Spectator Is Now Player, Los Angeles Times, April 14, 1929, Page C10.
- ^ Miss Mayo, Actress Is A Real Versatile Girl, Ironwood, Michigan Daily Globe, Wednesday Evening, December 1, 1920, pg. 5.
External links
- Christine Mayo at IMDb