Doris May

{{Use American English|date=July 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = Doris May | image = File:Doris May by Witzel.jpg | image_size = | caption = May, c. 1920 | birth_date = October 15, 1902 | birth_place = Seattle, Washington, U.S. | death_date = May 12, 1984 (aged 81) | death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S. | other_names = | birth_name = Helen Garrett | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1917 - 1927 (film) | spouse = Wallace MacDonald (1921-1978, his death) }} '''Doris May''' (born '''Helen Garrett'''; October 15, 1902 – May 12, 1984), was an American actress of the silent era. She appeared in 29 films between 1917 and 1927, generally as a leading lady. Most of her roles were in westerns and comedies, although she also starred in some melodramas.<ref>Wlaschin p.235</ref>

May married actor and producer Wallace MacDonald in 1921, and they remained wed until his death in 1978.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Katchmer |first1=George A. |title=A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses |date=2015 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-0905-8 |page=224 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VnGeCQAAQBAJ&q=%22Doris+May%22+actress&pg=PA224 |access-date=May 29, 2020 |language=en}}</ref>

==Partial filmography== * ''His Mother's Boy'' (1917) * ''The Hired Man'' (1918) * ''Playing the Game'' (1918) * ''Green Eyes'' (1918) * ''The Law of the North'' (1918) * ''The Girl Dodger'' (1919) * ''Hay Foot, Straw Foot'' (1919) * ''23 1/2 Hours' Leave'' (1919) * ''What's Your Husband Doing?'' (1920) * ''Mary's Ankle'' (1920) * ''Let's Be Fashionable'' (1920) * ''The Jailbird'' (1920) * ''The Rookie's Return'' (1920) * ''Peck's Bad Boy'' (1921) * ''The Foolish Matrons'' (1921) * ''Eden and Return'' (1921) * ''The Bronze Bell'' (1921) * ''The Foolish Age'' (1921) * ''Up and at 'Em'' (1922) * ''The Understudy'' (1922) * ''Gay and Devilish'' (1922) * ''Boy Crazy'' (1922) * ''The Gunfighter'' (1923) * ''The Common Law'' (1923) * ''Conductor 1492'' (1924) * ''The Deadwood Coach'' (1924) * ''Faithful Wives'' (1926)

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * Ken Wlaschin. ''The Silent Cinema in Song, 1896-1929: An Illustrated History and Catalog of Songs Inspired by the Movies and Stars, with a List of Recordings''. McFarland & Company, 2009.

==External links== {{Commons category|Doris May}} *{{IMDb name|0561931}}

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