Olive May (November 17, 1871 – July 24, 1938) was an American stage actress. She appeared in the popular play Arizona and appeared in Maude Adams's company.
Personal life May was married to playwright Henry Guy Carleton from 1894 to 1898.(8 September 1898). Mrs. Henry Guy Carleton Divorced, The New York Times(8 September 1898). Olive May's sacrifice: Why she married Henry Guy Carleton the play writer, Jamestown Weekly Alert (reprint of Chicago Chronicle article)(18 January 1899). SUIT OVER BRIDAL GIFT; Henry Guy Carleton's Divorced Wife Claims "The Butterflies." SHE INSPIRED THE PLAYWRIGHT Especially in the Third Act, He Wrote -- Carleton Explains Poetic Letter to His Betrothed, The New York Times She married actor and manager John W. Albaugh Jr. (son of John W. Albaugh) in 1907; he died in 1910.Who's who on the Stage 1908, p. 10M(8 April 1910). John W. Albaugh, Jr., Dead, The New York TimesPartington, Blanche (14 August 1904). With the Players and the Music Folk, San Francisco Call(8 April 1910). Albaugh Jr. Dead, Washington HeraldThe World and the Parish: Willa Cather's Articles and Reviews Vol. 1, p. 203 (1970) (note this source contains incorrect information; it conflates another Olive May with this one)
Death May died on July 24, 1938, in Beverly Hills, California at the age of 66.
Selected performances The Butterflies (1894) as Suzanne Elise The White Heather (1897) as Mollie Fanshawe Arizona (1899) as Bonita (Chicago debut) (Eleanor Robson took over by time of 1900 New York debut)Arizona, A Drama in Four Acts (1899) (original Chicago cast listing) Richard Carvel (1900) as Patty Swain
References
External links
Olive May gallery at the Museum of the City of New York