De Sousa, May (1887–1948)
De Sousa, May (1887–1948)
American musical-comedy actress. Name variations: May DeSousa. Born 1887 in Chicago, Illinois; died Aug 10, 1948, in Chicago; m. E.A. Haines (div.); m. Raymond G. Grant (div.).
Came to prominence on Broadway in The Tenderfoot, The Wizard of Oz and The Land of Nod; other plays include A Chinese Honeymoon, Babes in Toyland and Lieber Augustin (renamed Miss Caprice); made London debut as Cinderella in the pantomime (1905); was an enormous success in a number of West End productions; also performed in Paris and Berlin.
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