Hi Louise, Here's the entry for Edna MAY: May, Edna (Pettie), actress and vocalist; b. Syracuse, New York, 2 Sept 1878; m. Oscar Lewisjohn; made her first appearance on any stage at her native town of Syracuse, in the Spring of 1883, as Little Willie Allen in "Dora"; in 1885 appeared in Syracuse in children's opera company in "HMS Pinafore" and as Mabel in "The Pirates of Penzance"; studied music at the New York Conservatoire, made her first appearance on the New York stage at Hammerstein's, 14 Sept 1896, as Clairette in "Santa Maria", under her own name of Edna May Pettie; at Hoyt's Theatre, 4 Jan 1897, she appeared as Calliope Ayre in "A Contented Woman" and was then engaged at the New York Casino by George W Lederer; she appeaered there on 25 May 1897 in a small part in "The Whirl of the Town" and was then selected to play the part of Violet Gray in "The Belle of New York", first produced on 28 Sept 1897; she made her first appearance on the London stage at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 12 Apr 1898, in the same part; at the Shaftesbury Theatre, 25 Apr 1900, she played Gabrielle Dalmonte in "An American Beauty"; she then returned to the United States; at the Herals Square Theatre, New York, 7 Jan 1901, she played Olga in "The Girl From Up There" and reappeared in London at the Duke Of York's, 23 Apr 1901, in the same part; in Sept 1901 she joined George Edwarded at the Apollo, playing the Baroness de Trégue in "Kitty Grey", and afterwards Edna Branscombe in "Three Little Maids"; she was next seen at the Prince Of Wales's, 9 May 1903, as Lillian Leigh in "The School Girl", and appeared in the same part at Daly's Theatre, New York, 1 Sept 1904, afterwards touring in the piece; at the Prince Of Wales's, during 1904, she played Alesia in a revival of La Poupée", at Daly's, New York, 28 Aug 1905, she played Angela Crystal in "The Catch of the Season"; she reappeared in London at the Vaudeville Theatre, 11 Apr 1906, as Julia Chaldicott in "The Belle of Mayfair"; her sudden resignation of the part, in Sept, caused a newspaper sensation; at the Aldwych Theatre, 10 Jan 1907, appeared as Nelly Neil in the play of that name; this proved to be her last professional engagement, as shortly afterwards she was married and quitted the stage; she appeared at the Savoy Theatre, in Feb 1911, for one week, in her old part in "The Belle of New York", in a series of performances given in aid of the Prince Francis of Teck Memorial Fund. Address: Ritz Hotel, Piccadilly, W1 All the best -- Neal ----- Original Message ----- From: CoakleyL@aol.com To: ndench@tinyworld.co.uk Sent: Tuesday, February 18, 2003 2:49 AM Subject: Lookup Hi Neal, Many thanks for your offer of a lookup in the 1930 Who's Who. Would you mind looking up Edna May PETTIE (known as Edna MAY), or she may be under her married name of LEWISOHN...? I feel a bit greedy asking, as I've been very lucky in that I've previously received a lookup from the 1947 edition, but I was hoping the content might be a little different 17 years earlier, when she was still alive. Edna was born in 1878 New York, and I think she died about 1938. Kind regards, Louise Melbourne, Australia