Muriel Montrose

Biography

Muriel Virginia Montrose was born in Denver, Colorado. Her family moved to California when she was a teenager. At the age of seventeen Muriel was discovered by producer Mack Sennett and became one of his bathing beauties. She also worked as Clara Bow's body double. Muriel appeared in a handful of movies including Heart Trouble and The Jolly Jilter. Then she started working as a stunt women in Western films. In 1927 she married Ray Lloyd Ramsey but they were divorced soon after. She married John Stevens Dow, a designer and general contractor, on February 11, 1930. They moved to the San Fernando Valley and had two sons. Her younger son Tony Dow became an actor and starred in the 1950s television series Leave It To Beaver. Muriel served as Tony's manager. After her husband died in 1987 Muriel spent her time gardening and baking cookies for children in her neighborhood. She died on April 30, 2001 at the age of ninety-four.