Mary McIvor
actress
- Birth name:
- Mary Ellsworth McIvor
- Born:
- 1904-08-31, Barnesville, Ohio, USA
- Died:
- 1941-02-28, Hollywood, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
Mary McIvor (born Mary Ellsworth MacKeever) was born in Barnesville, Ohio. A vaudeville performer, and a beautiful, lovely young brunette star who appeared mainly in Westerns from 1917 at the age of 20. Her first starring role as Lady Maryska in 'Paddy O'Hara', directed by Walter Edwards, and starred her future husband action cowboy hero, William Desmond whom she married on March 22nd, 1919 when she was only 24, and he was 41 years old. She starred in another four films with her husband until 1925's 'The Burning Trail' for the Universal Film Co after which she retired. She appeared in at least nine movies, one of her best-known was 'The Square Deal Man' starring opposite cowboy legend William S. Hart in 1917. She died from a heart attack in Hollywood in 1941, age 36.
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