Stage & Screen
MAY
(Olive, nee Meatyard, Countess of Drogheda, 1886-1947, Actress)
Vintage Postcard Photo signed and inscribed
faithfully yours, showing her three quarters length in a black dress with a feather boa standing by decorative railings, 5½ x 3½, no place,
Item Date: 1906
Background
Olive May was a Gaiety Girl, and British actress, who married into the peerage twice. Firstly, she became Lady Victor Paget (marrying in 1913 and divorcing in 1921), and then the Countess of Drogheda (marrying the 10th Earl in 1922). She retired from the stage in 1912.
Stock No. 42113