| Mary Hay Caldwell or am she is known to her movie friends, Mary Hay, was
born in Ft. Bliss, Texas, the daughter of Colonel and Mrs. Frank Merrill
Caldwell. She lived all her girlhood in Army Garrisons and has traveled
extensively in the Philippiers, spending two years in Honolulu, and has
also travelled much in Japan. She is an all-round athlete, and holds swimming
medals, plays golf, is an accomplished pianist, took a course in nursing,
and graduated from the Denishawn School of Dancing. Her first screen appearance
was in Griffith's "Hearts of the World," as dancing girl in the
German dug-out scene. She was on the speaking stage in 1919 and 1929 appearing
in "Ziegfeld Follies" and "Nine O'clock Revue." Her
latest role is Kate Brewster in Griffith's "Way Down East." |