May Buckley Explained

May Buckley
Birth Name:Marie Uhl
Birth Date:December 15, 187515 December 1875
Birth Place:San Francisco, California
Nationality:American
Occupation:actress

May Buckley (née Uhl; December 15, 1875 –)[1] [2] was an American actress on stage from childhood into the late 1930s, and in silent films in 1912-1913. Her private life was often in newspaper headlines, especially in 1901, when a man who claimed to be her husband shot at her in a hotel dining room, wounding one of her dining companions.

Early life

Marie Uhl was born in San Francisco, California, "of a theatrical family",[3] daughter of Ernest Uhl and Marie Featherston Uhl.[4] Her mother died during Marie's birth.[5] Her father's friend, actor and playwright Dion Boucicault, gave her the stage name "May Buckley" when she was a child actor.

Career

May Buckley was active on the Broadway stage, with roles in Hearts are Trumps (1900), Caleb West (1900), The Price of Peace (1901), A Japanese Nightingale (1903), The Shepherd King (1904), The Galloper (1906), The Right of Way (1907),[6] Cameo Kirby (1909-1910), Where There's a Will (1910),[7] The Little Damozel (1910),[8] The Unwritten Law (1913), Pigs (1924-1925),[9] These Days (1928), Tell Me Pretty Maiden (1937-1938). She also appeared on the London stage.[10]

Buckley appeared in more than twenty short silent films in 1912 and 1913, including Paid in His Own, The Poor Relation, In Dis-a-Countree, Betty and the Doctor, Mother Love, His Wife's Mother, Rice and Old Shoes, Hello, Central!, The Sacrifice, A Complicated Campaign, Won by Waiting, The Railroad Engineer, Darby and Joan, The Honeymooners, A Modern Portia, The Runaways, What the Driver Saw, The Back Window, The Derelict's Return, Until We Three Meet Again, The Man in the Street, The Toils of Deception, and Miss 'Arabian Nights.

During World War I she was one of the organizers of the Stage Women's War Relief Association, holding benefits to raise funds for a disabled soldiers' home.[11] In the 1920s and 1930s she was active in the Catholic Actors' Guild.[12] [13]

Personal life

Buckley's first husband was Frank Baruch, also known as Frank Clayton or Frank Cormier; they married in 1894 and divorced in 1897. In 1899, against her contract under manager Charles Frohman, she married millionaire Wilmot H. Garlick.[14] They separated the following year. She was possibly[15] married to Robert Hayden Moulton,[16] [17] before he shot at her and wounded one of her dining companions in New York in 1901.[18] [19]

In 1908 she married fellow actor Charles Walter Martin-Sabine, also known as Charles W. S. Martin, in Denver.[20] At the time of her marriage Buckley was appearing at the Elitch Theatre and the owner, Mary Elitch Long shared the event in her biography: "Walter Bellows led the beautiful bride to the altar of roses on the porch of my bungalow, where waited Mr. Walter Sabine...the man of her choice."[21] They divorced in 1910.[22]

In 1912, Buckley was sued by another actress (stage name of Camille Personi) for alienation of affections, concerning her co-star, actor John Halliday. "'May Buckley has broken up my home and ruined my life,' Mrs. Halliday said, 'and I am determined that she shall suffer.'"[23]

Unknown death date

The only known source of her death is the 2001 book Silent Film Necrology, which states she died in or about 1941.[1]

Short films

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Vazzana, Eugene Michael . Silent Film Necrology . McFarland . 2001 . 2nd . 9780786410590 . 69.
  2. http://www.leighlarson.com/lorinda_abbey.htm Lorinda Annena Abbey
  3. News: May is Up Again. August 15, 1903. Town Talk. April 30, 2019. 23.
  4. Book: Leonard, John William. Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. 142. en.
  5. Book: Who's who on the Stage, 1908: The Dramatic Reference Book and Biographical Dictionary of the Theatre : Containing Careers of Actors, Actresses, Managers and Playwrights of the American Stage. May Buckley actress.. Browne. Walter. Koch. E. De Roy. 1908. Dodge. 59-60. en.
  6. Strickland. J.. 1908. Popular New York Attractions: May Buckley. Fine Arts Journal. 19. 48. 10.2307/25587112. 25587112. Internet Archive.
  7. March 12, 1910. May Buckley Sails. The New York Dramatic Mirror. 63. 284.
  8. White. Matthew Jr.. November 1910. An Aroma of Trilby. Munsey's Magazine. 44. 284.
  9. Book: Kinder, Larry Sean. Una Merkel: The Actress with Sassy Wit and Southern Charm. 2016-01-29. BearManor Media. 360. en.
  10. News: May Buckley Star of 'First Born' in San Francisco 41 Years Ago. January 10, 1937. The Philadelphia Inquirer. April 30, 2019. 51. Newspapers.com.
  11. News: Miss Buckley's War Idea. October 2, 1919. The Washington Herald. April 30, 2019. 8. Newspapers.com.
  12. News: Catholic Actors' Guild Elects Today. June 15, 1928. The New York Times. 30. ProQuest.
  13. News: George M. Cohan Named. May 21, 1938. The New York Times. 9. ProQuest.
  14. News: May Buckley Never Told She Was a Bride. July 2, 1899. San Francisco Call. April 29, 2019. 7. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  15. News: Knew May Buckley as Mrs. Moulton. March 31, 1901. The St. Louis Republic. April 30, 2019. 9. Newspapers.com.
  16. News: Moulton's Furniture Seized. March 30, 1901. New-York Tribune. April 30, 2019. 3. Newspapers.com.
  17. News: May Buckley's Assailant is Hopelessly Insane. March 31, 1901. The San Francisco Examiner. April 30, 2019. 17. Newspapers.com.
  18. News: Moulton's Mental Condition. April 4, 1901. Evening Bulletin. April 30, 2019. 1. Internet Archive.
  19. News: Fired Five Shots at May Buckley. March 23, 1901. San Francisco Chronicle. April 30, 2019. 1. Newspapers.com.
  20. News: Actress May Buckley Weds in Denver. June 28, 1908. The New York Times. April 29, 2019. 7.
  21. Book: Lawrence Dier, Caroline. The lady of the Gardens: Mary Elitch Long.. 1932. Saturday Night Pub. Co. 106. 21432197.
  22. News: Cupid Fooled Her, May Buckley Finds. February 4, 1910. The San Francisco Examiner. April 30, 2019. 1. Newspapers.com.
  23. News: Film Actress Named in Alienation Suit. May 11, 1912. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. April 30, 2019. 2. Newspapers.com.

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