Far From Forgotten

Friday, 22 October 2021

May Irwin

Born: 27 June 1862, Whitby, Ontario, Canada
Died: 22 October 1938, New York City, New York, USA
 
Before May Irwin met Thomas Edison she was a Broadway actress.

The Kiss (1896) as The Widow Jones

May Irwin in her famous short appearance in the Thomas Edison film portraying this new medium's first screen kiss, with John C. Rice.













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