May Wallace

May Wallace

Birth : 1877-08-23, Russiaville, Indiana, USA

Death : 1938-12-11

Profile

May Wallace

Movies

Zenobia
Townswoman
A modest country doctor in the antebellum South has to contend with his daughter's upcoming marriage and an affectionate medicine show elephant.
Smashing the Spy Ring
Mrs. Baxter
G-Men in Washington break up a powerful spy ring and capture the ringleaders.
The Lady Objects
Student
A former college football hero and his college sweetheart get married. Marital turmoil ensues as her criminal law practice soars while he cannot get his career as an architect off the ground. They separate, and the man begins making extra money by singing in a nightclub. When he is unjustly accused of murder, it is up to his estranged wife to defend him in court.
Midnight Madonna
Mrs. Withers
A habitual gambler comes to the aid of a desperate woman after her daughter inherits a fortune and is underhandedly taken by her estranged father.
Two-Fisted Gentleman
Mrs. Bainbridge
Mickey, is a prizefighter whose bright career hits the skids when he comes under the guidance of Ginger, a female fight promoter, when he becomes involved with June Prentice and her high-society crowd.
You Bring the Ducks
Mrs. Cobb
Irvin takes the governor on a duck hunting trip in the hopes of securing a plumb job, but his annoying nephew has other plans.
The Bargain of the Century
Bargain Shopper
Comedy short with ZaSuPitts and Thelma Todd. After accidentally getting a policeman friend fired, the girls must come up with some way to get him re-hired or be stuck with him as an unwanted roommate.
Twice Two
Mrs. Laurel (voice) (uncredited)
A year prior to the first scene, Stan married Ollie's sister, and Ollie married Stan's sister in a double wedding. They all live together and Stan and Ollie work in the same office.
Luxury Liner
This drama offers a few slices from the lives of those who live, work, and travel upon a luxurious trans-atlantic ocean liner.
Boys Will Be Boys
Mrs. Albertson
Frank Albertson's parents are worried about his seeing a showgirl instead of an "upstanding" young lady of class. But then Frank's father learns that the showgirl in question is the same one he himself has been flirting with. Eventually the whole family ends up at the nightclub, where the showgirl has a number of surprises in store for them.
County Hospital
Head Nurse Miss Wallace
Ollie is in the hospital with a broken leg. When Stan comes to visit him, total chaos ensues.
The Pooch
Second Housewife
The gang tries to save Petey from the dogcatcher.
You're Telling Me
Jackie's Mother (uncredited)
In this The Boy Friends series short, college students Mickey and Alabam stay at a city friend's place for what they tell him will be one night - though it stretches into several months.
Readin' and Writin'
Wheezer's Mother
Tired of going to school, Breezy comes up with a plan to get himself expelled.
The False Madonna
Nurse Alice
A woman who is a member of a gang of con artists impersonates the mother of a wealthy blind man.
Mama Loves Papa
Martha
Widow Martha and widower Brandon plan to marry; their teenaged children do their slapstick best to interfere. One of "The Boy Friends" series.
The Road to Reno
Court Clerk
Jackie is the perpetually adolescent mother of two grown children - daughter Lee and son Jeff - who are in their early 20's. In spite of the fact that fourth husband Robert is a good provider, good step-dad, and all-around good sport about Jackie's rather wild ways, Jackie is intent on divorcing him although she seems to bear the man no resentment. It just seems that her only reason is that it's time for a change, much like an impulse to buy a new hat. Both children are upset about her decision since they have great affection for Robert. However, daughter Lee has just arrived home from school and decides to accompany her mother to Reno to look after her. On the train west, Lee meets a young mining engineer, Tom, who is headed to a job interview in California. The two hit it off and a romance buds.
High Gear
Mrs. Daniels (uncredited)
The gang is out for a drive on a Sunday afternoon. When it starts to rain, they take shelter in an abandoned building. Unbeknownst to them, it is actually a gangster's hideout.
Love Business
May Wallace Cooper
Miss Crabtree, the teacher Jackie has a crush on, rents a room at Jackie's house.
Skirt Shy
Maggie Herring
Harry must pose as a woman to help the women he works for get a marriage proposal.
School Begins
Harry's mother
One of a handful of currently unavailable Hal Roach/MGM “Our Gang” silent films, School Begins was a series of gags built around the unenviable ritual of returning to school during the first week of September. School begins and some gang members are forging notes from their mother wanting out. Then too-young Wheezer parades by the school with escaped circus seals following him, causing a disturbance.
Limousine Love
The Bride's Mother
On the way to his wedding the bride groom finds a nude, married woman in his car
The Lighter That Failed
Charley's Mother-in-Law
For his birthday, Charley gets a cigarette lighter, but it won't light. He works on it with ill-suited tools amidst his family all giving advice. Finally, he unwisely fuels it with gasoline, which gets it lit, but soon, so is his house.
Sailors, Beware!
Society lady (uncredited)
A con artist and a midget dressed as her infant son, are unmasked aboard a ship by a steward.
What Women Did for Me
The Dean's Wife
A girl-shy professor runs into trouble at -- a ladies' seminary.
Us
Unidentified Secondary Role
Short comedy about airplanes.
Fluttering Hearts
Mother
Defying her father's wishes, a young woman runs off to a sale at store. She's pursued by a policeman, but wins him over with the help of a friendly millionaire. In the mean time, her father tries to retrieve a compromising letter.
Love 'Em and Weep
Mrs. Chigger
Titus Tillsbury is a successful businessman who is visited by a blackmailing old flame. He enlists a friend to keep her away from his home and wife.
Bigger and Better Blondes
Charley is mistakenly assumed to be a thief
The Freshman
Harold's Mother (uncredited)
Harold Lamb is so excited about going to college that he has been working to earn spending money, practicing college yells, and learning a special way of introducing himself that he saw in a movie. When he arrives at Tate University, he soon becomes the target of practical jokes and ridicule. With the help of his one real friend Peggy, he resolves to make every possible effort to become popular.
Oh, You Tony!
Etiqutte Instructor
This silent Western features Tom Mix as a rancher who goes to Washington to affect better conditions for the anonymous man of the soil. Having lost his money to some scheming lobbyists, Mix, unaware that oil has been found on his property, stakes his possessions on wonder horse Tony winning the big race.
The Reckless Age
Tante Meyrick
Lord Harrowby takes out an $100,000 insurance policy to be paid if his wedding to Cecilia Meyrick is cancelled. The insurance company sends Dick Minot to make sure the wedding takes place, but he falls in love with the bride.
Gimme
Mrs. Cecily McGimsey
A young woman borrows money from her boss for her wedding dress. After the marriage he asks to be repaid, and she--not liking to ask her husband for money--writes a check on her husband's account. When he discovers that his wife has written a check to another man and not told him, complications ensue.
The Cup of Life
Mollie
Infamous Singapore smuggler Bully Brand possess a beautiful pearl necklace that is desired by Chinese merchant Chan Chang for his daughter Pain, a young white girl he had adopted. Warren Bradford, Brand's ward, returns from college and falls in love with Chang's daughter.
His Prehistoric Past
The Queen
Set mostly in the Stone Age, a prehistoric king, with a harem of wives, rules a beach. Charlie arrives and falls for the king's favorite wife. In the end, it turns out to have been a dream; Charlie was asleep in the park.