May Allison (June , â€" March , ) was an American actress whose
greatest success was achieved in the early part of the th century in
silent films, although she also appeared on stage.Allison was born in
Rising Fawn, Georgia, the youngest of five children born to Dr. John
Simon "Sam" Allison and Nannie Virginia (née. Wise) Allison. She made
her Broadway stage debut in the production of Apartment -K before
settling in Hollywood, California in the early days of motion
pictures. Allison's screen debut was as an ingenue in the star-making
Theda Bara vehicle A Fool There Was.When Allison was cast that same
year opposite actor Harold Lockwood in the Allan Dwan directed
romantic film David Harum, audiences quickly became enamored of the
onscreen duo. The pair starred in approximately twenty-five highly
successful features together during the World War I era and became one
of the first celebrated on-screen romantic duos.
greatest success was achieved in the early part of the th century in
silent films, although she also appeared on stage.Allison was born in
Rising Fawn, Georgia, the youngest of five children born to Dr. John
Simon "Sam" Allison and Nannie Virginia (née. Wise) Allison. She made
her Broadway stage debut in the production of Apartment -K before
settling in Hollywood, California in the early days of motion
pictures. Allison's screen debut was as an ingenue in the star-making
Theda Bara vehicle A Fool There Was.When Allison was cast that same
year opposite actor Harold Lockwood in the Allan Dwan directed
romantic film David Harum, audiences quickly became enamored of the
onscreen duo. The pair starred in approximately twenty-five highly
successful features together during the World War I era and became one
of the first celebrated on-screen romantic duos.
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