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May Irwin (1862–1938)

Actress

Born in Whitby, Ontario, May Irwin started her performing career at a young age, when she began a singing act with her younger sister Flora in 1874. The act was popular, and Irwin began working as an actress when she was 21 years old. She found success and was appearing in a Broadway show called "The Widow Jones" when Thomas A. Edison saw her and co-star John C. Rice exchanging a kiss on-stage... See full bio »

Born:

Georgina May Campbell
in Whitby, Ontario, Canada

Died:

(age 76) in New York City, New York, USA
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Watch: The First On-screen Kiss, Recorded by Thomas Edison in 1896
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1914 Mrs. Black Is Back
Mrs. Black
 
1896 The Kiss (short)
The Widow Jones
 
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1936 Fashions in Love (short)
 

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(1895- 1922). Active on Broadway in the following productions: See more »

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Kurt Eisenfeldt was her manager and press agent. She had two sons with first husband Frederick Keller. Walter (born c.1879) and Harry (born 1882). They are often mistaken to be her sons with Kurt Eisenfeldt. Eisenfeldt, born 1873, would've been only six years older than Walter and eleven years younger than May. See more »

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