Millay, Norma (d. 1986)
Millay, Norma (d. 1986)
American actress. Name variations: Norma Millay Ellis. Born in Maine; died May 14, 1986, age 92, at Steepletop, the Millay farm in Austerlitz, NY; sister of Edna St. Vincent Millay (poet, 1892–1950).
Made Broadway debut in The Saint (1924), followed by Desire Under the Elms, Patience, Love for Love, La Finta Giardiniera and Key Largo; edited 2 of her sister's poetry collections (1950 and 1954).
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