May Tully (born 1880s â€" March 9, 1924) was a Canadian actress,
writer, director, and producer in theatre and film, and, according to
sportswriter Damon Runyon, "perhaps the greatest woman baseball fan
that ever lived."Mary Gertrude Tully was born in Nanaimo, British
Columbia, the daughter of Frank Tully and Nancy Hague Tully. After her
father died in a mine explosion when May was a girl, she and her
widowed mother moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where her mother
remarried. May Tully attended McGill University, and Mrs. Wheatley's
Dramatic School in New York.Tully was credited as a writer on eight
silent films: The Winning of Beatrice (1918), Mary's Ankle (1920), His
Wife's Money (1920), Bucking the Tiger (1921), The Old Oaken Bucket
(1921), Chivalrous Charley (1921), Kisses (1922), and That Old Gang of
Mine (1925). In addition, she directed That Old Gang of Mine and The
Old Oaken Bucket, and had producer credit on The Old Oaken Bucket.
writer, director, and producer in theatre and film, and, according to
sportswriter Damon Runyon, "perhaps the greatest woman baseball fan
that ever lived."Mary Gertrude Tully was born in Nanaimo, British
Columbia, the daughter of Frank Tully and Nancy Hague Tully. After her
father died in a mine explosion when May was a girl, she and her
widowed mother moved to Victoria, British Columbia, where her mother
remarried. May Tully attended McGill University, and Mrs. Wheatley's
Dramatic School in New York.Tully was credited as a writer on eight
silent films: The Winning of Beatrice (1918), Mary's Ankle (1920), His
Wife's Money (1920), Bucking the Tiger (1921), The Old Oaken Bucket
(1921), Chivalrous Charley (1921), Kisses (1922), and That Old Gang of
Mine (1925). In addition, she directed That Old Gang of Mine and The
Old Oaken Bucket, and had producer credit on The Old Oaken Bucket.
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