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{{Short description|American actress (1902–1981)}} |
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| name = Shirley Grey |
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| image = Shirley Grey Argentinean Magazine AD.jpg |
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| caption = Grey in 1933 |
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| birth_name = Agnes Zetterstrand |
| birth_name = Agnes Zetterstrand |
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1902| |
| birth_date = {{birth date|1902|04|11}} |
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| birth_place = [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]] |
| birth_place = [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]], U.S. |
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| death_date = {{death date and age|1981| |
| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|08|12|1902|04|11}} |
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| death_place = [[Jacksonville Beach, Florida]] |
| death_place = [[Jacksonville Beach, Florida]], U.S. |
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| othername = Agnes Zetterstrand |
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| occupation = Actress |
| occupation = Actress |
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| years_active = 1930–1935 |
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* {{marriage|Foster Williams|1921|1925|end=divorce}} |
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* {{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 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in |
'''Shirley Grey''' (born '''Agnes Zetterstrand''';<ref name=hc/> April 11, 1902 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress. She appeared in more than 40 films between 1930 and 1935. |
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==Biography== |
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Born in [[Naugatuck, Connecticut]], Grey was the daughter of E. A Zetterstrand, a minister. 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/ | |
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> |
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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& |
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> |
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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/ | |
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> |
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In 1936, Grey married actor [[Arthur Margetson]].<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& |
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> |
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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& |
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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==Partial filmography== |
==Partial filmography== |
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* ''[[The Golf Specialist]]'' ( |
* ''[[The Golf Specialist]]'' (1930, Short) - House Detective's Wife (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Public Defender]]'' (1931) |
* ''[[The Public Defender]]'' (1931) - Barbara Gerry |
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* ''[[Secret Service (1931 film)|Secret Service]]'' (1931) - Miss Edith Varney |
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* ''[[Air Eagles]]'' (1931) - Eve |
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* ''[[One Man Law]]'' (1932) - Grace Duncan |
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* ''[[Texas Cyclone (film)|Texas Cyclone]]'' (1932) - Helen Rawlings |
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* ''[[The Riding Tornado]]'' (1932) - Patsy Olcott |
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* ''[[Get That Girl (1932 film)|Get That Girl]]'' (1932) - Ruth Dale |
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* ''[[The Hurricane Express]]'' (1932) - Gloria Martin / Gloria Stratton |
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* ''[[Cornered (1932 film)|Cornered]]'' (1932) - Jane Herrick |
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* ''[[Drifting Souls]]'' (1932) - Greta Janson |
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* ''[[Back Street (1932 film)|Back Street]]'' (1932) - Francine |
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* ''[[Virtue (film)|Virtue]]'' (1932) - Gert |
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* ''[[Uptown New York]]'' (1932) - Patricia Smith |
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* ''[[The Little Giant (film)|The Little Giant]]'' (1933) |
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* ''[[Treason (1933 film)|Treason]]'' (1933) - Joan Randall |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[From Hell to Heaven]]'' (1933) - Winnie Lloyd |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Private Jones]]'' (1933) - Helen Jones |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Out All Night (1933 film)|Out All Night]]'' (1933) - Kate |
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* ''[[Terror Aboard]]'' (1933) - Lili Kingston |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[The Little Giant (1933 film)|The Little Giant]]'' (1933) - Edith Merriam |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[The Girl in 419]]'' (1933) - Nurse Irene Blaine |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[The Life of Jimmy Dolan]]'' (1933) - Goldie West |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Don't Bet on Love]]'' (1933) - Goldie Williams |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Too Much Harmony]]'' (1933) - Lilyan |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Hold the Press]]'' (1933) - Edith White |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Murder on the Campus]]'' (1933) - Lillian Voyne |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Twin Husbands (1933 film)|Twin Husbands]]'' (1933) - Chloe Werrenden |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[Bombay Mail (1934 film)|Bombay Mail]]'' (1934) - Beatrice Jones aka Sonia Smeganoff |
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* ''[[ |
* ''[[I Like It That Way]]'' (1934) - Peggy |
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* ''[[Sisters Under the Skin]]'' (1934) - Gilda Gordon |
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* ''[[The |
* ''[[The Crime of Helen Stanley]]'' (1934) - Betty Lane |
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* ''[[One Is Guilty]]'' (1934) - Sally Grey |
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* ''[[Green Eyes (1934 film)|Green Eyes]]'' (1934) - Jean Kester |
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* ''[[The Defense Rests]]'' (1934) - Mabel Wilson |
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* ''[[His Greatest Gamble]]'' (1934) - Bernice Solon |
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* ''[[Beyond the Law (1934 film)|Beyond the Law]]'' (1934) - Helen Glenn |
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* ''[[Girl in Danger]]'' (1934) - Gloria Gale |
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* ''[[Wednesday's Child (film)|Wednesday's Child]]'' (1934) - Louise |
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* ''[[Transatlantic Merry-Go-Round]]'' (1934) - Anya Rosson |
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* ''[[Public Opinion (1935 film)|Public Opinion]]'' (1935) - Joan Nash |
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* ''[[Circumstantial Evidence (1935 film)|Circumstantial Evidence]]'' (1935) - Adrienne Grey |
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* ''[[The People's Enemy]]'' (1935) - Ann Griffin |
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* ''[[The Girl Who Came Back (1935 film)|The Girl Who Came Back]]'' (1935) - Gilda Gillespie aka Mary Brown |
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* ''[[The Public Menace]]'' (1935) - Mimi LaVerne |
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* ''[[The Mystery of the Mary Celeste]]'' (1935) - Sarah Briggs |
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Shirley Grey | |
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Born | Agnes Zetterstrand April 11, 1902 Naugatuck, Connecticut, U.S. |
Died | August 12, 1981 | (aged 79)
Occupation | Actress |
Years active | 1930–1935 |
Spouses |
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]
- 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[edit]
- ^ Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. ISBN 9781476629148.
- ^ a b Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. ISBN 9781476629148. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ 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.
- ^ Coons, Robbin (October 5, 1931). "Long Shots and Close-Ups". Star-Gazette. New York, Elmira. p. 17. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Cotter, Robert Michael “Bobb” (2014). The Women of Hammer Horror: A Biographical Dictionary and Filmography. McFarland. p. 93. ISBN 9781476602011. Retrieved March 6, 2019.
- ^ "Reade's Plainfield". The Courier-News. New Jersey, Bridgewater. October 29, 1928. p. 13. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Fulton Bills Shirley Grey in 'Chicago'". Oakland Tribune. California, Oakland. March 11, 1931. p. 21. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Wife Sues Stock Actor for Divorce". Hartford Courant. Connecticut, Hartford. October 1, 1925. p. 5. Retrieved March 6, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Shirley Grey". Films of the Golden Age (94): 38, 45. Fall 2018.
- ^ Begg, Paul (2014). Mary Celeste: The Greatest Mystery of the Sea. Routledge. ISBN 9781317865308. Retrieved March 6, 2019.