| Mary McIvor | |
| Birth Name: | Mary Ellsworth McKeever |
| Birth Date: | 31 August 1897 |
| Birth Place: | Barnesville, Ohio, US |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Spouse: | William Desmond (1919 - 1941, her death) |
| Children: | 2 |
Mary McIvor (born Mary Ellsworth McKeever) was an American actress who was active during Hollywood's silent era. She was married to serial star William Desmond.[1] [2]
Mary was born in Barnesville, Ohio, to Elmer McKeever and Bertha Bentley. Her father died six months before she was born.
After moving west, she found work in Hollywood as an actress in Westerns at Triangle, eventually becoming the leading lady for William S. Hart.[3] She married her co-star, William Desmond, in 1919, after becoming his personal secretary.[4] [5] Mary more or less retired from acting in 1920, the year the couple's first daughter Mary was born.[6] [7] [8]
McIvor's health began to sharply decline around 1930. As a result, the family spent time at a beach cottage in her home state in 1932; during their trip, McIvor wandered off and was reported missing.[9] In April 1939, Desmond reported his wife missing again from their apartment in Los Angeles; she was found wandering the streets of Hollywood nine days later and subsequently treated by doctors for amnesia.[10] [11] [12] The pair remained married until her death in 1941 of a heart attack.Her cremated remains are interred in the vault at the Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles California.