Edna Mayo

Edna Mayo (born Edna Lane; March 23, 1895 – May 5, 1970) was an American film actress of the silent film era.[1]

Edna Mayo
Mayo in 1916
Born
Edna Lane

(1895-03-23)March 23, 1895
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania U.S.
DiedMay 5, 1970(1970-05-05) (aged 75)
San Francisco, California U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1914–1918

Biography

Mayo was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and spent time as a stage actress[2] before moving to Hollywood in 1914 to pursue an acting career. That year she received her first role, in the film Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn opposite Robert Z. Leonard. Following that film. In 1914 and 1915 she would star in twenty two films. Mayo wrote an article for Picture-Play Weekly in 1915 on the differences of using makeup for stage and film.[3][4] In 1916 she appeared in only four films. It was over a year before she received another role, playing the female lead in Hearts of Love in 1918. It was her last film and she retired from acting. She eventually settled in San Francisco, California, where she was residing at the time of her death on May 5, 1970.

Selected filmography

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.
  2. Young, Z.Z. (1916). "Edna Mayo's idea of real inspiration". The Green Book Magazine. 15: 680–681 – via Story-Press Association.
  3. Mayo, Edna (June 5, 1915). "Making Up for the Movies". Picture-Play Weekly: 2.
  4. 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.
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