Catherine May Moylan (July , â€" September , ) was an American film
and television actress, model, and beauty queen who won the
International Pageant of Pulchritude. She subsequently appeared in two
Broadway productions before having a short film career, including
roles in Our Blushing Brides and Love in the Rough (both ).From the
mid-s onward, Moylan spent the remainder of her life living outside
the public eye in Fort Worth, Texas, where she died in of heart
failure.Catherine May Moylan was born July , , to Catherine Mary (née
Sharkey) and William Moylan; her mother was an Irish immigrant, born
in County Cork, Ireland. Though Moylan was born in the United States,
sources differ as to her precise birthplace: Moylan herself reported
that she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on her daughter's
birth certificate, but Moylan's death certificate issued by the state
of Texas states she was born in Rochester, New York.Moylan was raised
in Dallas, Texas. In , after winning the title of Miss Dallas, Moylan
competed in and won the Galveston-held International Pageant of
Pulchritude, and was crowned "Beauty Queen of the Universe." She
subsequently made her Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of , and
subsequently appeared in the original Broadway production of Whoopee!
().
and television actress, model, and beauty queen who won the
International Pageant of Pulchritude. She subsequently appeared in two
Broadway productions before having a short film career, including
roles in Our Blushing Brides and Love in the Rough (both ).From the
mid-s onward, Moylan spent the remainder of her life living outside
the public eye in Fort Worth, Texas, where she died in of heart
failure.Catherine May Moylan was born July , , to Catherine Mary (née
Sharkey) and William Moylan; her mother was an Irish immigrant, born
in County Cork, Ireland. Though Moylan was born in the United States,
sources differ as to her precise birthplace: Moylan herself reported
that she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on her daughter's
birth certificate, but Moylan's death certificate issued by the state
of Texas states she was born in Rochester, New York.Moylan was raised
in Dallas, Texas. In , after winning the title of Miss Dallas, Moylan
competed in and won the Galveston-held International Pageant of
Pulchritude, and was crowned "Beauty Queen of the Universe." She
subsequently made her Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of , and
subsequently appeared in the original Broadway production of Whoopee!
().
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