May Beatty

born: 04 June 1880 Christchurch, New Zealand

died: 01 January 1966 Covina, California, United States of America (cerebral hemorrhage, age 64)

Diminutive New Zealand-born actress who was a prolific stage actress in Australia, England and the USA. Coming from a stage family, she started acting/singing/dancing at age 9. The entire family is thoroughly documented with photos and performances by Ancestry.com researcher Lawrence Walsh. Her Death Certificate indicates Azusa as the place of death but the residential facility of Charter Oaks Lodge where she lived with dementia for her final year of life was in Covina.

Height: 5'3"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1934 Nosed Out Mrs. Cobb 1935 Bonnie Scotland Mrs. Bunts Acknowledgements: https://www.ancestry.com/profile/0193c104-0002-0000-0000-000000000000? (Lawrence Walsh Family Tree researcher) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGVW-G8SP (1945 Apr 12 Death Certificate) https://www.ancestry.com (1937 Sep LA naturalization record: May Beatty Lauri: height 5'3") Jim Jarvis (bio notes and additional research) This page was last updated on: 05 June 2023