Nationality American Occupation Actress | Name Mae Giraci Role Actress | |
Full Name Mae Georgia Giraci Born January 22, 1910 ( 1910-01-22 ) Los Angeles, California, USA Other names May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi Known for Lorna Doone (1922)Miss Lulu Bett (film) (1921)Reputation (1921)One More American (1918) Died January 10, 2006, Los Angeles, California, United States Spouse Herman Platz (m. 1931–2006) Children Carole Platz, Howard Platz, Ralph Platz Parents Santo Giraci, Anna De Nubila Movies Miss Lulu Bett, The Son of Tarzan, Lorna Doone, The Fall of a Nation, Secrets Similar People William C deMille, Maurice Tourneur, George Melford, Thomas Dixon - Jr, Frank Borzage |
Mae Georgia Giraci (22 January 1910 – 10 January 2006), also known as May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi, was an American child actress who appeared in silent films between 1915 and 1929. She was discovered by director Cecil B. DeMille and worked with him and his brother William C. DeMille. She died of colon cancer in 2006.
Filmography
Actress
1928
The Godless Girl as
Student (uncredited)
1924
Secrets as
Audrey Carlton (1888) (as May Giraci)
1922
Lorna Doone as
Lorna as a Child (as May Giracci)
1922
Man to Man as
Cahela - Steve Packard's Daughter
1921
Miss Lulu Bett as
Monona Deacon (as May Giraci)
1921
The Infamous Miss Revell as
Revell Child (as May Giraci)
1921
Reputation as
Pauline Stevens, as a child (as May Giraci)
1921
The Faith Healer as
Little Annie (as May Giraci)
1920
Unseen Forces as
Miriam as a child (uncredited)
1920
The Prince Chap as
Claudia (age 8)
1920
The Cheater as
Eve Asgarby (as May Geraci)
1920
The Son of Tarzan as
Meriem - as a girl
1919
Jinx as
Orphan
1919
The World and Its Woman as
Young Marcia Warren
1919
The Lady of Red Butte as
Sugar Plum (as May Garcia)
1919
For Better, for Worse as
Little Girl (uncredited)
1918
Untamed as
Carmelita
1918
Till I Come Back to You as
Rosa
1918
His Enemy, the Law as
Girl (age 6) (as May Giraci)
1918
High Stakes as
Child (as Tina Rossi)
1918
One More American as
Tessa Riccardo
1918
The Man Above the Law as
Tonah (as May Giraci)
1917
A Strange Transgressor as
David (as May Giraci)
1917
Cheerful Givers as
Orphan
1917
A Daughter of the Poor as
Lola (as Tina Rossi)
1916
The House Built Upon Sand as
Child
1916
Children of the Feud as
Clayton Child (as Tina Rossi)
1916
Idle Wives as
Alberta's Daughter (uncredited)
1916
Casey at the Bat as
Casey's Niece (as May Garcia)
1916
The Fall of a Nation as
Little Tommaso (as May Geraci)
1916
Reggie Mixes In as
Lost Little Girl (uncredited)
1915
The Crest of Von Endheim (Short)(as May Giraci)
References
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