Shirley Grey
American actress (1902–1981)
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::summary American actress (1902–1981) ::
::data[format=table title="Infobox person"]
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Shirley Grey |
| image | Shirley Grey Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg |
| caption | Grey in 1933 |
| birth_name | Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand |
| birth_date | |
| birth_place | Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |
| death_date | |
| death_place | Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| occupation | Actress |
| years_active | 1930–1935 |
| spouse | {{Plainlist |
| * {{marriage | Foster Williams |
| * {{marriage | Arthur Margetson |
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| name = Shirley Grey | image = Shirley Grey Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg | caption = Grey in 1933 | birth_name = Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand | birth_date = | birth_place = Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S. | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1930–1935 | spouse = {{Plainlist|
Shirley Grey (born Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand; April 3, 1902 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.
Early years
Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the daughter of Ernst Adrian Zetterstrand, a minister, She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club.
Career
Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players. She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia. She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s. In 1931, she starred in the comedy-drama Chicago at the Fulton Theater in Oakland, California. It was the third play of Grey's "limited season".
Grey's work in stock theater led to her career in films. A talent scout who worked for film producer Samuel Goldwyn saw Grey performing in a stock production in Oakland and arranged for her to take a screen test, which led to her signing a contract with Goldwyn.
Personal life
On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams, They had one son. She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925. In 1936, Grey married English actor Arthur Margetson, who died in 1951.
In her later years, Grey was a semi-recluse, living with her sisters before moving to a Jacksonville Beach, Florida, convalescent home where she died.
Partial filmography
- The Golf Specialist (1930, Short) - House Detective's Wife (uncredited)
- The Public Defender (1931) - Barbara Gerry
- Secret Service (1931) - Miss Edith Varney
- Air Eagles (1931) - Eve
- One Man Law (1932) - Grace Duncan
- Texas Cyclone (1932) - Helen Rawlings
- The Riding Tornado (1932) - Patsy Olcott
- Get That Girl (1932) - Ruth Dale
- The Hurricane Express (1932) - Gloria Martin / Gloria Stratton
- Cornered (1932) - Jane Herrick
- Drifting Souls (1932) - Greta Janson
- Back Street (1932) - Francine
- Virtue (1932) - Gert
- Uptown New York (1932) - Patricia Smith
- Treason (1933) - Joan Randall
- From Hell to Heaven (1933) - Winnie Lloyd
- Private Jones (1933) - Helen Jones
- Out All Night (1933) - Kate
- Terror Aboard (1933) - Lili Kingston
- The Little Giant (1933) - Edith Merriam
- The Girl in 419 (1933) - Nurse Irene Blaine
- The Life of Jimmy Dolan (1933) - Goldie West
- Don't Bet on Love (1933) - Goldie Williams
- Too Much Harmony (1933) - Lilyan
- Hold the Press (1933) - Edith White
- Murder on the Campus (1933) - Lillian Voyne
- Twin Husbands (1933) - Chloe Werrenden
- Bombay Mail (1934) - Beatrice Jones aka Sonia Smeganoff
- I Like It That Way (1934) - Peggy
- Sisters Under the Skin (1934) - Gilda Gordon
- The Crime of Helen Stanley (1934) - Betty Lane
- One Is Guilty (1934) - Sally Grey
- Green Eyes (1934) - Jean Kester
- The Defense Rests (1934) - Mabel Wilson
- His Greatest Gamble (1934) - Bernice Solon
- Beyond the Law (1934) - Helen Glenn
- Girl in Danger (1934) - Gloria Gale
- Wednesday's Child (1934) - Louise
- Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round (1934) - Anya Rosson
- Public Opinion (1935) - Joan Nash
- Circumstantial Evidence (1935) - Adrienne Grey
- The People's Enemy (1935) - Ann Griffin
- The Girl Who Came Back (1935) - Gilda Gillespie aka Mary Brown
- The Public Menace (1935) - Mimi LaVerne
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935) - Sarah Briggs
References
References
- Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. {{ISBN. 9781476629148.
- (October 5, 1931). "Long Shots and Close-Ups". Star-Gazette.
- (October 17, 1928). "Shirley Grey, Leading Lady Here, Began Dramatic Work While Yet in High School". The Courier-News.
- (2014). "The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography". McFarland.
- (October 29, 1928). "Reade's Plainfield". The Courier-News.
- (March 11, 1931). "Fulton Bills Shirley Grey in 'Chicago'". Oakland Tribune.
- (August 23, 1931). "Shirley Grey Making Good In Pictures". The San Francisco Examiner.
- (Fall 2018). "Shirley Grey". Films of the Golden Age.
- (October 1, 1925). "Wife Sues Stock Actor for Divorce". Hartford Courant.
- (2018). "Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company". McFarland.
- (2014). "Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea". Routledge.
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