# Edna Mayo

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**Edna Mayo** (born **Edna Lane**; March 23, 1895 – May 5, 1970) was an [American](/source/United_States_of_America) [film actress](/source/Film_actress) of the [silent film](/source/Silent_film) era.[1] She had several starring roles.

## Career

Born in [Philadelphia, Pennsylvania](/source/Philadelphia,_Pennsylvania) on March 23, 1895, Mayo spent time as a stage actress[2] before moving to [Hollywood](/source/Hollywood,_California) in 1914 to pursue an acting career. That year, she received her first role, in the film *[Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn](/source/Michael_Arnold_and_Doctor_Lynn)* opposite [Robert Z. Leonard](/source/Robert_Z._Leonard).

In 1914 and 1915, she starred in twenty-two films, and wrote an article for *[Picture-Play Weekly](/source/Picture-Play_Weekly)* in 1915 about the differences between using makeup for stage and film.[3][4]

In 1916, she appeared in four films, including *[The Return of Eve](/source/The_Return_of_Eve)*[5] and *[The Strange Case of Mary Page](/source/The_Strange_Case_of_Mary_Page)*.[6] During filming for *The Return of Eve*, the cast and crew were transported to the [Midwest](/source/Midwestern_United_States), where they shot the film's metropolitan scenes in [Chicago](/source/Chicago) and its rural scenes in northern [Wisconsin](/source/Wisconsin), near the banks of the [Dells of the Wisconsin River](/source/Dells_of_the_Wisconsin_River).[7][8] She also filmed locations scenes in [Milwaukee](/source/Milwaukee), Wisconsin with the cast and crew of *[The Misleading Lady](/source/The_Misleading_Lady)* around this same time.[9]

In 1916's *[The Strange Case of Mary Page](/source/The_Strange_Case_of_Mary_Page)*, she wore "$10,000 worth of gowns designed by [Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile)](/source/Lucy,_Lady_Duff-Gordon), the famous modiste."[10][11]

It then took more than a year before she received another role, playing the female lead in *[Hearts of Love](/source/Hearts_of_Love)* in 1918. That was her final film; she retired from acting.

She eventually settled in [San Francisco, California](/source/San_Francisco,_California), where she was residing at the time of her death on May 5, 1970.

## Selected filmography

- *[Aristocracy](/source/Aristocracy_(film))* (1914)
- *[Graustark](/source/Graustark_(1915_film))* (1915)
- *[The Misleading Lady](/source/The_Misleading_Lady_(1916_film))* (1916)
- *[The Return of Eve](/source/The_Return_of_Eve)* (1916)[8]
- *[The Strange Case of Mary Page](/source/The_Strange_Case_of_Mary_Page)* (1916)
- *[Hearts of Love](/source/Hearts_of_Love)* (1918)

## References

1. Finamore, Michelle Tolini (2013). *Hollywood before glamour : fashion in American silent film*. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire. p. 133. ISBN 978-0-230-38948-9. [OCLC 819519350](https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/819519350)

1. Young, Z.Z. (1916). "Edna Mayo's idea of real inspiration". *The Green Book Magazine*. **15**: 680–681. – via Story-Press Association.

1. Mayo, Edna (June 5, 1915). "Making Up for the Movies". *Picture-Play Weekly*

1. Dahlquist, Marina; Galili, Doron; Olsson, Jan; Robert, Valentine (2018). *Corporeality in Early Cinema : Viscera, Skin, and Physical Form*. Bloomington, Indiana: Indiana University Press. p. 207. ISBN 9780253033659.

1. St. George, George. "[Shots from the Motion Picture Cameras](https://www.newspapers.com/image/608034766/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." Los Angeles, California: *Evening Express*, October 21, 1916, p. 6 (subscription required).

1. "[$1000 Gown Torn, Trampled in Film Tragedy, Realistic](https://www.newspapers.com/image/608082811/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." Los Angeles, California: *Evening Express*, February 7, 1916, p. 3 (subscription required).

1. "[Movieland](https://www.newspapers.com/image/745445168/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." Martinez, California: *Daily Gazette*, August 8, 1916, p. 7 (subscription required).

1. ["Tally's Broadway"](https://www.newspapers.com/article/los-angeles-evening-express-tallys-broa/193488721/). *[Los Angeles Evening Express](/source/Los_Angeles_Evening_Express)*. October 21, 1916. p. 7. – via [Newspapers.com](/source/Newspapers.com)

1. "[Strand Is Advertising The Misleading Lady](https://www.newspapers.com/image/605813885/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." Long Beach, California: *Long Beach Press*, February 10, 1916, p. 12 (subscription required).

1. "[A Fashion Show in the Films](https://www.newspapers.com/image/608232063/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." Long Beach, California: *Long Beach Daily Telegram*, March 6, 1916, p. 2 (subscription required).

1. "[Mary Page Is Feature](https://www.newspapers.com/image/50299950/?terms=%22Edna%20Mayo%22&match=1)." San Bernardino, California: *San Bernardino News*, March 16, 1916, p. 3 (subscription required).

## External links

- [Edna Mayo](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0562860/) at IMDb

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