Shirley Grey | |
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 Grey in 1933 | |
| Born | Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand April 3, 1902 Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Died | August 12, 1981 (aged 79) |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1930–1935 |
| Spouses | |
Shirley Grey (born Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand; [2] April 03, 1902 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.
Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the daughter of Ernst Adrian Zetterstrand, a minister, [3] who died when she was eight years old. Thereafter, her mother raised Grey and her six siblings. [4] She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club. [3]
Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players. [5] She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia. [3] She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s. [6] In 1931, she starred in the comedy-drama Chicago at the Fulton Theater in Oakland, California. It was the third play of Grey's "limited season". [7]
Grey's work in stock theater led to her career in films. A talent scout who worked for film producer Samuel Goldwyn saw Grey performing in a stock production in Oakland and arranged for her to take a screen test, which led to her signing a contract with Goldwyn. [8]
On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams, [9] known professionally as Frank McCarthy. [10] They had one son. She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925. [9] In 1936, Grey married English actor Arthur Margetson, who died in 1951. [2]
In her later years, Grey was a semi-recluse, living with her sisters before moving to a Jacksonville Beach, Florida, convalescent home where she died. [11]
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