May Davenport Seymour Eckert (1883â€"1967) was an American stage
actress descended from a long line of famous actors and later a patron
of the arts scene in New York. She was the daughter of actor and stage
manager William Gorman Seymour and actress May Marian Caroline
Davenport. She had three siblings. Her maternal grandparents were E.
L. Davenport and Fanny Vining Davenport, two famous mid-19th century
actors. Her mother May Marian was a sister of famous 19th-century star
Fanny Davenport and Hollywood actor Harry Davenport. May Eckert
married William Stanley Eckert in 1908; one of their children was
actress Anne Seymour who usually dropped her surname
professionally.May Eckert began her theatre career c.1901. In 1903 she
was appearing in The Little Princess on Broadway. Other Broadway plays
were The Lady of Lyons, The Triumph of Love, The Ruling Power, Brother
Jacques, Beauty and the Barge, The Marriage of William Ashe. In 1905
she appeared in A Doll's House produced by Charles Frohman and
starring Ethel Barrymore. She appeared in the double-bill 1905 Frohman
presentation Pantaloon/Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire which between the two
plays featured all three Barrymore siblings Ethel, Lionel and
Jack.After her children became adults she appeared with daughter Anne
for nine years on radio in a program called Against the Storm. She
also became involved with the Museum of the City of New York creating
a theater collection of memorabilia and becoming its curator.Eckert
died in New York October 5, 1967.
actress descended from a long line of famous actors and later a patron
of the arts scene in New York. She was the daughter of actor and stage
manager William Gorman Seymour and actress May Marian Caroline
Davenport. She had three siblings. Her maternal grandparents were E.
L. Davenport and Fanny Vining Davenport, two famous mid-19th century
actors. Her mother May Marian was a sister of famous 19th-century star
Fanny Davenport and Hollywood actor Harry Davenport. May Eckert
married William Stanley Eckert in 1908; one of their children was
actress Anne Seymour who usually dropped her surname
professionally.May Eckert began her theatre career c.1901. In 1903 she
was appearing in The Little Princess on Broadway. Other Broadway plays
were The Lady of Lyons, The Triumph of Love, The Ruling Power, Brother
Jacques, Beauty and the Barge, The Marriage of William Ashe. In 1905
she appeared in A Doll's House produced by Charles Frohman and
starring Ethel Barrymore. She appeared in the double-bill 1905 Frohman
presentation Pantaloon/Alice-Sit-by-the-Fire which between the two
plays featured all three Barrymore siblings Ethel, Lionel and
Jack.After her children became adults she appeared with daughter Anne
for nine years on radio in a program called Against the Storm. She
also became involved with the Museum of the City of New York creating
a theater collection of memorabilia and becoming its curator.Eckert
died in New York October 5, 1967.
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