May Waldron (born Mary Dougherty, November 1, 1861 or 1868 â€"
December 22, 1924), and later known as May Waldron Robson, was a
Canadian-born American actress.Mary Waldron Dougherty was born in
Hamilton, Ontario,[1] the daughter of William E. Dougherty, a
newspaper publisher; she was raised in Chicago.[2] Her mother was an
actress.[3] May Waldron also lived in Buffalo, New York as a young
woman.[4]May Waldron began her career in Chicago, in operettas
including H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance.[3] Waldron's
Broadway appearances included roles in Billy (1909), The Country Boy
(1910-1911), The Woman Haters (1912), Cousin Lucy (1915), Ladies'
Night (1920-1921), and Better Times (1922-1923). She also appeared in
touring productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor[4] and She Stoops to
Conquer,[5] and in different roles in The Henrietta (1887), in its
original run and in its 1901-1902 revival.[6][7] Her ten film credits
came in the silent films Vaccinating the Village (1914), Lured from
Squash Center (1914), The Precious Twins (1914), At the Cross Roads
(1914), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916), The Gates of Gladness
(1918), The Prodigal Wife (1918), The Lost Battalion (1919), His
Bridal Night (1919), and A Broadway Saint (1919).Waldron's weight was
a matter of public comment. She was often described as "buxom",[4] or
"stout".[8] She fasted for a month to lose weight for a part in 1889;
one report compared Waldron to a circus performer and went into detail
about her "reducing herself from a mountain of quivering adipose to a
lithe, graceful figure, scarcely heavier than the average able bodied
woman."[9]
December 22, 1924), and later known as May Waldron Robson, was a
Canadian-born American actress.Mary Waldron Dougherty was born in
Hamilton, Ontario,[1] the daughter of William E. Dougherty, a
newspaper publisher; she was raised in Chicago.[2] Her mother was an
actress.[3] May Waldron also lived in Buffalo, New York as a young
woman.[4]May Waldron began her career in Chicago, in operettas
including H.M.S. Pinafore and The Pirates of Penzance.[3] Waldron's
Broadway appearances included roles in Billy (1909), The Country Boy
(1910-1911), The Woman Haters (1912), Cousin Lucy (1915), Ladies'
Night (1920-1921), and Better Times (1922-1923). She also appeared in
touring productions of The Merry Wives of Windsor[4] and She Stoops to
Conquer,[5] and in different roles in The Henrietta (1887), in its
original run and in its 1901-1902 revival.[6][7] Her ten film credits
came in the silent films Vaccinating the Village (1914), Lured from
Squash Center (1914), The Precious Twins (1914), At the Cross Roads
(1914), The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1916), The Gates of Gladness
(1918), The Prodigal Wife (1918), The Lost Battalion (1919), His
Bridal Night (1919), and A Broadway Saint (1919).Waldron's weight was
a matter of public comment. She was often described as "buxom",[4] or
"stout".[8] She fasted for a month to lose weight for a part in 1889;
one report compared Waldron to a circus performer and went into detail
about her "reducing herself from a mountain of quivering adipose to a
lithe, graceful figure, scarcely heavier than the average able bodied
woman."[9]
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