May Collins(1903-1955)
- Actress
The daughter of Benjamin Collins and Lillie Smith, she spent most of
her early life in New York City. According to the Los Angles Times
(April 17, 1921),May Collins started out very young as a member of Mrs.
August Belmont's dramatic society in New York City. While there she
earned several prizes for acting. She was cast in the stage play "The
Betrothal." Later she joined William A. Brady's forces, and played in
Owen Davis melodramas.' "The sort you know," laughed Miss May Collins,
"where you say: 'You're not the man I married! Get out of the room
before I shoot! But gawd, how I love you!'" She also had a part with
Grace George in "She Would and She Did." Collins was rumored to be
engaged to Charlie Chaplin, but later married Edmund Thomas in 1930.
She lost one son to Polio in 1939. She continued to act on stage in
Australia and New York City. She was also in the stage play "Kiss and
Tell," which included Kirk Douglas and Joan Caulfield. She worked
"seriously" with the March of Dimes, according to the Bridgeport Sunday
Herald, (May 17, 1953).
