| Shirley Grey | |
| Birth Name: | Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand |
| Birth Date: | 3 April 1902 |
| Birth Place: | Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress |
| Years Active: | 1930–1935 |
Shirley Grey (born Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand; April 03, 1902 - August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.
Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the daughter of Ernst Adrian Zetterstrand, a minister, who died when she was eight years old. Thereafter, her mother raised Grey and her six siblings.[1] She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club.[2]
Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players.[3] She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia. She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s.[4] In 1931, she starred in the comedy-drama Chicago at the Fulton Theater in Oakland, California. It was the third play of Grey's "limited season".[5]
Grey's work in stock theater led to her career in films. A talent scout who worked for film producer Samuel Goldwyn saw Grey performing in a stock production in Oakland and arranged for her to take a screen test, which led to her signing a contract with Goldwyn.[6]
On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams, known professionally as Frank McCarthy.[7] They had one son. She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925.[8] In 1936, Grey married English actor Arthur Margetson, who died in 1951.[9]
In her later years, Grey was a semi-recluse, living with her sisters before moving to a Jacksonville Beach, Florida, convalescent home where she died.[10]