May Wallace
actress
- Birth name:
- May Maddox
- Born:
- 1877-08-23, Russiaville, Indiana, USA
- Died:
- 1938-12-11, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
A Hoosier farm girl who traded Russiaville’s quiet cornfields for the klieg lights, 23 August 1877 baby May Wallace stepped onto screens when “feature length” was still a novelty. Between chasing criminals in The Million Dollar Mystery (1914), pouring heartbreak into The Cup of Life (1921), and poking fun at kiddie troupers in Beginner’s Luck (1935), she logged two decades of steady celluloid work. Off-set she swapped scripts for wedding vows with Thomas W. Maddox, proving real-life romance could rival any cliff-hanger. The final curtain fell in Los Angeles on 11 December 1938, closing the arc of a pioneer who helped pull Midwestern grit all the way to Hollywood glamour.
