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{{Short description|American actress (1902–1981)}}
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| image = Shirley Grey Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg
| name = Shirley Grey
| name = Shirley Grey
| image = Shirley Grey Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg
| caption = Grey in 1933
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|4|11}}
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| birth_name = Agnes Zetterstrand
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| birth_place = [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|8|12|1902|4|11}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|04|11}}
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| birth_place = [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]], U.S.
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| death_place = [[Jacksonville Beach, Florida]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|08|12|1902|04|11}}
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| othername = Agnes Zetterstrand
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| death_place = [[Jacksonville Beach, Florida]], U.S.
| occupation = Actress
| occupation = Actress
| yearsactive = 1930–1935
| years_active = 1930–1935
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* {{marriage|Foster Williams|1921|1925|end=divorce}}
* {{marriage|[[Arthur Margetson]]|1936|1951|end=his death}}<ref>Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. {{ISBN|9781476629148}}.</ref>
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'''Shirley Grey''' (born '''Agnes Zetterstrand''';<ref name=hc/> April 11, 1902 &ndash; August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.

==Biography==
Born in [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]], Grey was the daughter of E. A Zetterstrand, a minister,<ref name=cn/> who died when she was eight years old. Thereafter, her mother raised Grey and her six siblings.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Coons |first1=Robbin |title=Long Shots and Close-Ups |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29210663/shirley_grey/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=Star-Gazette |date=October 5, 1931 |location=New York, Elmira |page=17|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club.<ref name="cn">{{cite news |title=Shirley Grey, Leading Lady Here, Began Dramatic Work While Yet in High School |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29209334/shirley_grey/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=The Courier-News |date=October 17, 1928 |location=New Jersey, Bridgewater |page=2|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players.<ref name="whh">{{cite book |last1=Cotter |first1=Robert Michael “Bobb” |title=The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography |date=2014 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476602011 |page=93 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IiZnbykWAsIC&q=%22Agnes+Zetterstrand%22&pg=PA93 |access-date=6 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref> She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia.<ref name="cn" /> She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s.<ref>{{cite news |title=Reade's Plainfield |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29208252/shirley_grey_players/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=The Courier-News |date=October 29, 1928 |location=New Jersey, Bridgewater |page=13|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1931, she starred in the comedy-drama ''[[Chicago (play)|Chicago]]'' at the Fulton Theater in Oakland, California. It was the third play of Grey's "limited season".<ref>{{cite news |title=Fulton Bills Shirley Grey in 'Chicago' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29203944/shirley_grey/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=Oakland Tribune |date=March 11, 1931 |location=California, Oakland |page=21|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

Grey's work in [[Repertory theatre|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.<ref>{{cite news |title=Shirley Grey Making Good In Pictures |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29208757/shirley_grey/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=The San Francisco Examiner |agency=Universal Service |date=August 23, 1931 |location=California, San Francisco |page=31|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>

On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams,<ref name=hc100125/> known professionally as Frank McCarthy.<ref name="fga">{{cite journal |title=Shirley Grey |journal=Films of the Golden Age |date=Fall 2018 |issue=94 |pages=38, 45}}</ref> She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925.<ref name=hc100125>{{cite news |title=Wife Sues Stock Actor for Divorce |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/29214478/shirley_grey/ |access-date=6 March 2019 |work=Hartford Courant |date=October 1, 1925 |location=Connecticut, Hartford |page=5|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref> In 1936, Grey married English actor [[Arthur Margetson]], who died in 1951.<ref name="hc">{{cite book |last1=Maxford |first1=Howard |title=Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company |date=2018 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=9781476629148 |page=537 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lfp1DwAAQBAJ&q=%22Shirley+Grey%22+actress&pg=PA537 |access-date=6 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>


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.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Begg |first1=Paul |title=Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea |date=2014 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=9781317865308 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=81YSBAAAQBAJ&q=%22Agnes+Zetterstrand%22&pg=PT232 |access-date=6 March 2019 |language=en}}</ref>
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'''Shirley Grey''' (April 11, 1902 &ndash; August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1935. She was born in [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]] and died in [[Jacksonville Beach, Florida]].


==Partial filmography==
==Partial filmography==
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* ''[[The Golf Specialist]]'' (short, 1930)
* ''[[The Golf Specialist]]'' (1930, Short) - House Detective's Wife (uncredited)
* ''[[The Public Defender]]'' (1931)
* ''[[The Public Defender]]'' (1931) - Barbara Gerry
* ''[[Texas Cyclone (film)|Texas Cyclone]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Secret Service (1931 film)|Secret Service]]'' (1931) - Miss Edith Varney
* ''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Air Eagles]]'' (1931) - Eve
* ''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'' (1932)
* ''[[One Man Law]]'' (1932) - Grace Duncan
* ''[[The Hurricane Express (1932 film)|The Hurricane Express]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Texas Cyclone (film)|Texas Cyclone]]'' (1932) - Helen Rawlings
* ''[[Uptown New York]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Riding Tornado]]'' (1932) - Patsy Olcott
* ''[[Cornered (1932 film)|Cornered]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Get That Girl (1932 film)|Get That Girl]]'' (1932) - Ruth Dale
* ''[[The Riding Tornado]]'' (1932)
* ''[[The Hurricane Express]]'' (1932) - Gloria Martin / Gloria Stratton
* ''[[Drifting Souls]]'' (1932)
* ''[[Cornered (1932 film)|Cornered]]'' (1932) - Jane Herrick
* ''[[Treason (1933 film)|Treason]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Drifting Souls]]'' (1932) - Greta Janson
* ''[[From Hell to Heaven]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]'' (1932) - Francine
* ''[[Out All Night (1933 film)|Out All Night]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'' (1932) - Gert
* ''[[Uptown New York]]'' (1932) - Patricia Smith
* ''[[The Little Giant (film)|The Little Giant]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Life of Jimmy Dolan]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Treason (1933 film)|Treason]]'' (1933) - Joan Randall
* ''[[Don't Bet on Love]]'' (1933)
* ''[[From Hell to Heaven]]'' (1933) - Winnie Lloyd
* ''[[Too Much Harmony]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Private Jones]]'' (1933) - Helen Jones
* ''[[Hold the Press]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Out All Night (1933 film)|Out All Night]]'' (1933) - Kate
* ''[[Murder on the Campus]]'' (1933)
* ''[[Terror Aboard]]'' (1933) - Lili Kingston
* ''[[Twin Husbands (1933 film)|Twin Husbands]]'' (1933)
* ''[[The Little Giant (1933 film)|The Little Giant]]'' (1933) - Edith Merriam
* ''[[Bombay Mail]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Girl in 419]]'' (1933) - Nurse Irene Blaine
* ''[[Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round]]'' (1934)
* ''[[The Life of Jimmy Dolan]]'' (1933) - Goldie West
* ''[[The Crime of Helen Stanley]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Don't Bet on Love]]'' (1933) - Goldie Williams
* ''[[His Greatest Gamble]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Too Much Harmony]]'' (1933) - Lilyan
* ''[[Sisters Under the Skin]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Hold the Press]]'' (1933) - Edith White
* ''[[Beyond the Law (1934 film)|Beyond the Law]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Murder on the Campus]]'' (1933) - Lillian Voyne
* ''[[Girl in Danger]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Twin Husbands (1933 film)|Twin Husbands]]'' (1933) - Chloe Werrenden
* ''[[Wednesday's Child (film)|Wednesday's Child]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Bombay Mail (1934 film)|Bombay Mail]]'' (1934) - Beatrice Jones aka Sonia Smeganoff
* ''[[The Defense Rests]]'' (1934)
* ''[[I Like It That Way]]'' (1934) - Peggy
* ''[[Green Eyes (1934 film)|Green Eyes]]'' (1934)
* ''[[Sisters Under the Skin]]'' (1934) - Gilda Gordon
* ''[[The Girl Who Came Back (1935 film)|The Girl Who Came Back]]'' (1935)
* ''[[The Crime of Helen Stanley]]'' (1934) - Betty Lane
* ''[[The Public Menace]]'' (1935)
* ''[[One Is Guilty]]'' (1934) - Sally Grey
* ''[[The Mystery of the Mary Celeste]]'' (1935)
* ''[[Green Eyes (1934 film)|Green Eyes]]'' (1934) - Jean Kester
* ''[[The Defense Rests]]'' (1934) - Mabel Wilson
* ''[[His Greatest Gamble]]'' (1934) - Bernice Solon
* ''[[Beyond the Law (1934 film)|Beyond the Law]]'' (1934) - Helen Glenn
* ''[[Girl in Danger]]'' (1934) - Gloria Gale
* ''[[Wednesday's Child (film)|Wednesday's Child]]'' (1934) - Louise
* ''[[Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round]]'' (1934) - Anya Rosson
* ''[[Public Opinion (1935 film)|Public Opinion]]'' (1935) - Joan Nash
* ''[[Circumstantial Evidence (1935 film)|Circumstantial Evidence]]'' (1935) - Adrienne Grey
* ''[[The People's Enemy]]'' (1935) - Ann Griffin
* ''[[The Girl Who Came Back (1935 film)|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
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==References==
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==External links==
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Shirley Grey
Grey in 1933
Born
Agnes Zetterstrand

(1902-04-11)April 11, 1902
Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S.
DiedAugust 12, 1981(1981-08-12) (aged 79)
Jacksonville Beach, Florida, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1930–1935
Spouses
Foster Williams
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(m. 1921; div. 1925)​
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(m. 1936; died 1951)​
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Shirley Grey (born Agnes Zetterstrand;[2] April 11, 1902 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935.

Biography[edit]

Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the daughter of E. A Zetterstrand, a minister,[3] who died when she was eight years old. Thereafter, her mother raised Grey and her six siblings.[4] She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club.[3]

Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players.[5] She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia.[3] She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s.[6] 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".[7]

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.[8]

On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams,[9] known professionally as Frank McCarthy.[10] She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925.[9] In 1936, Grey married English actor Arthur Margetson, who died in 1951.[2]

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.[11]

Partial filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. ISBN 9781476629148.
  2. ^ a b Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. ISBN 9781476629148. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  3. ^ a b c "Shirley Grey, Leading Lady Here, Began Dramatic Work While Yet in High School". The Courier-News. New Jersey, Bridgewater. October 17, 1928. p. 2. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ Coons, Robbin (October 5, 1931). "Long Shots and Close-Ups". Star-Gazette. New York, Elmira. p. 17. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (2014). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. McFarland. p. 93. ISBN 9781476602011. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
  6. ^ "Reade's Plainfield". The Courier-News. New Jersey, Bridgewater. October 29, 1928. p. 13. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Fulton Bills Shirley Grey in 'Chicago'". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. March 11, 1931. p. 21. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Shirley Grey Making Good In Pictures". The San Francisco Examiner. California, San Francisco. Universal Service. August 23, 1931. p. 31. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ a b "Wife Sues Stock Actor for Divorce". Hartford Courant. Connecticut, Hartford. October 1, 1925. p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Shirley Grey". Films of the Golden Age (94): 38, 45. Fall 2018.
  11. ^ Begg, Paul (2014). Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Routledge. ISBN 9781317865308. Retrieved March 6, 2019.

External links[edit]

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