May, Edna, 1878-1948

LC control no.	no2008156244
Personal name heading	May, Edna, 1878-1948 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Pettie, Edna, 1878-1948 Petty, Edna, 1878-1948
Found in	Music from the New York stage. Volume I, 1890-1908 [SR] p1993: insert (Edna May; became a star as a result of her performances in The belle of New York (1897)) Oxford reference online, Oct. 24, 2008: Oxford companion to American theatre (May (Pettie or Petty), Edna (1878-1948); actress and singer; native of Syracuse, N.Y.; after 1897 most of her career was in England) Edna May, WWW site, Oct. 24, 2008 (Edna May; b. Sept. 2, 1878, Syracuse, N.Y., to Edgar and Cora Pettie (originally Petty); d. Jan. 1, 1948, Lausanne, Switzerland; actress and singer) Gänzl, K. Encyc. of the musical theatre, 1994 (May, Edna (Pettie, Edna May); b. Sept. 2, 1878, Syracuse, NY; d. Jan. 2, 1948, Lausanne, Switzerland; palely pretty ingénue who made her name as The belle of New York)