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Born ; June 4, 1880 in Christchurch , New Zealand
Died ; April 1, 1945 in Covina, California, USA
Actress
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The following is from Quentin Tod's diary of Baba's visit to Hollywood in 1932
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![Portrait of May Beatty, a member of the Pollard Opera Company, taken ca 1895 by an unknown photographer.](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/none/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i6512d282422538c1/version/1292064921/image.jpg)
![May Beatty in Tale of Two Cities](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=300x10000:format=gif/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/i892622a778d3bcbf/version/1292067991/image.gif)
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![May Beatty with parrot on shoulder talks to the wax figure of Yvonne ; Film - "Mad Love"](https://image.jimcdn.com/app/cms/image/transf/dimension=300x10000:format=jpg/path/se80bcf7e1bbfb507/image/ib17a6d74aa400c61/version/1292065151/image.jpg)
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Biography by Hans J. Wollstein
One of Hollywood's great dowagers, long under contract to MGM, May Beatty, from New Zealand, rarely had more than a few moments to make her presence felt. But felt it was, from a silent bit in Dinner at Eight (1933) to the inquisitive Lady Handel in the thriller I Wake Up Screaming (1941).
http://www.allmovie.com/artist/may-beatty-4809
1925 Mary, Queen of
Tots (short)