Neola May(1891-1928)
- Actress
American actress, newspaper reporter, song writer, and film scenarist
of the silent period.
She married Churchill Harvey-Elder, a member of a prominent family in Whittier, California, in approximately 1903.
She was an actress from at least September 13, 1908, when a San Francisco Call article said, "Leola Maye, who off the stage is Mrs. Churchill Harvey-Elder, is a member of the Kold and Dill company this season and will appear in the cast when the German comedians open at the Princess some time in November.
In 1915, she joined the Oliver Morosco stock company in Los Angeles, and later toured the east coast and worked with some frequency both as an actress and as a writer in pictures. She died at 37 in the Windsor Sanatarium in Glendale, California, survived by her second husband, Victor McLean.
She married Churchill Harvey-Elder, a member of a prominent family in Whittier, California, in approximately 1903.
She was an actress from at least September 13, 1908, when a San Francisco Call article said, "Leola Maye, who off the stage is Mrs. Churchill Harvey-Elder, is a member of the Kold and Dill company this season and will appear in the cast when the German comedians open at the Princess some time in November.
In 1915, she joined the Oliver Morosco stock company in Los Angeles, and later toured the east coast and worked with some frequency both as an actress and as a writer in pictures. She died at 37 in the Windsor Sanatarium in Glendale, California, survived by her second husband, Victor McLean.
