Margaret Reilly (June , â€" December , ), known professionally as
Margaret Shelby, was an American stage and motion picture actress,
daughter of actress Charlotte Shelby, older sister of silent film star
Mary Miles Minter and one of many public figures noted in the scandals
which followed the murder of William Desmond Taylor in .Born as
Margaret Reilly (and later also known as Alma M. Fillmore), Margaret
was a successful child actress who began working professionally at a
very early age. Her first Broadway appearance was in Grace Livingston
Furniss's play, The Fibber. In Margaret and Mary, both in their
teens, acted together on film in director James Kirkwood's picture
Faith.Although she was seen as pretty and noted for having some talent
as an actress, her film career was limited to supporting roles in some
of her sister's films. By , both sisters were quite famous. The same
year, the sisters established a widely publicized "hotel" for stray
dogs on the ample grounds of their home in Santa Barbara, California.
Margaret Shelby, was an American stage and motion picture actress,
daughter of actress Charlotte Shelby, older sister of silent film star
Mary Miles Minter and one of many public figures noted in the scandals
which followed the murder of William Desmond Taylor in .Born as
Margaret Reilly (and later also known as Alma M. Fillmore), Margaret
was a successful child actress who began working professionally at a
very early age. Her first Broadway appearance was in Grace Livingston
Furniss's play, The Fibber. In Margaret and Mary, both in their
teens, acted together on film in director James Kirkwood's picture
Faith.Although she was seen as pretty and noted for having some talent
as an actress, her film career was limited to supporting roles in some
of her sister's films. By , both sisters were quite famous. The same
year, the sisters established a widely publicized "hotel" for stray
dogs on the ample grounds of their home in Santa Barbara, California.
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