# Doris May > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doris_May > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Doris_May.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_May > Source revision: 1354086917 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|American actress}} {{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](/source/Seattle%2C_Washington), U.S. | death_date = May 12, 1984 (aged 81) | death_place = [Los Angeles](/source/Los_Angeles), [California](/source/California), U.S. | other_names = | birth_name = Helen Garrett | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1917 - 1927 (film) | spouse = [Wallace MacDonald](/source/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](/source/silent_era). She appeared in 29 films between 1917 and 1927, generally as a [leading lady](/source/leading_lady). Most of her roles were in [western](/source/western_film)s and [comedies](/source/comedy_film), although she also starred in some [melodramas](/source/melodramas).Wlaschin p.235 May married actor and producer [Wallace MacDonald](/source/Wallace_MacDonald) in 1921, and they remained wed until his death in 1978.{{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}} ==Partial filmography== * ''[His Mother's Boy](/source/His_Mother's_Boy)'' (1917) * ''[The Hired Man](/source/The_Hired_Man_(film))'' (1918) * ''[Playing the Game](/source/Playing_the_Game)'' (1918) * ''[Green Eyes](/source/Green_Eyes_(1918_film))'' (1918) * ''[The Law of the North](/source/The_Law_of_the_North)'' (1918) * ''[The Girl Dodger](/source/The_Girl_Dodger)'' (1919) * ''[Hay Foot, Straw Foot](/source/Hay_Foot%2C_Straw_Foot)'' (1919) * ''[23 1/2 Hours' Leave](/source/23_1%2F2_Hours'_Leave)'' (1919) * ''[What's Your Husband Doing?](/source/What's_Your_Husband_Doing%3F)'' (1920) * ''[Mary's Ankle](/source/Mary's_Ankle)'' (1920) * ''[Let's Be Fashionable](/source/Let's_Be_Fashionable)'' (1920) * ''[The Jailbird](/source/The_Jailbird)'' (1920) * ''[The Rookie's Return](/source/The_Rookie's_Return)'' (1920) * ''[Peck's Bad Boy](/source/Peck's_Bad_Boy_(1921_film))'' (1921) * ''[The Foolish Matrons](/source/The_Foolish_Matrons)'' (1921) * ''[Eden and Return](/source/Eden_and_Return)'' (1921) * ''[The Bronze Bell](/source/The_Bronze_Bell)'' (1921) * ''[The Foolish Age](/source/The_Foolish_Age)'' (1921) * ''[Up and at 'Em](/source/Up_and_at_'Em)'' (1922) * ''[The Understudy](/source/The_Understudy_(1922_film))'' (1922) * ''[Gay and Devilish](/source/Gay_and_Devilish)'' (1922) * ''[Boy Crazy](/source/Boy_Crazy_(film))'' (1922) * ''[The Gunfighter](/source/The_Gunfighter_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[The Common Law](/source/The_Common_Law_(1923_film))'' (1923) * ''[Conductor 1492](/source/Conductor_1492)'' (1924) * ''[The Deadwood Coach](/source/The_Deadwood_Coach)'' (1924) * ''[Faithful Wives](/source/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}} {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:May, Doris}} Category:1902 births Category:1984 deaths Category:American film actresses Category:Actresses from Seattle Category:20th-century American actresses Category:Western (genre) film actresses {{US-film-actor-1900s-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Doris May](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_May) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doris_May?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.