May Emory (born Minnie L. Snyder; November 11, 1880 – October 15, 1948) was an American actress whose name was also seen as Mae Emory.

Biography

Emory was born in

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. She performed in

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, working with her husband on the Keith, Orpheum, and Pantages circuits. On stage, she performed with the Morton Opera Company, including a production of ''The Tenderfoot'' at the National Theatre in Boston in 1914. 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). May Emory1915

Emory and her husband,

Harry Gribbon Harry Peter Gribbon (June 9, 1885 – July 28, 1961) was an American film actor, comedian and director known for ''The Cameraman (1928 film), The Cameraman'' (1928), ''Show People'' (1928) and ''Art Trouble'' (1934). He appeared in more th ...

, joined the

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and began making comedy films. She appeared in 28 films between

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and

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. Some of her work from ''Teddy at the Throttle'' appears in the 1960 compilation ''When Comedy Was King.''

Personal life

She was married to Harry Gribbon, brother of actor

Eddie Gribbon Eddie Gribbon (January 3, 1890 – September 29, 1965) was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 180 films from the 1910s to the 1950s. Gribbon began working in Mack Sennett films in 1916 and continued through the 1920s. He usuall ...

. She is buried next to her husband at Holy Cross Cemetery in Culver City, California.

Selected filmography

* ''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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* American film actresses American silent film actresses 20th-century American actresses 1880 births 1948 deaths American vaudeville performers American stage actresses Broadway theatre people {{US-film-actor-1880s-stub