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David Maysles
Born: Jan 10, 1932 in Boston, Massachusetts
Died: Jan 03, 1987 in New York
Occupation: Director, Cinematographer, Active: '60s-'80s Major Genres: Culture & Society, Music
Career Highlights: The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit, Salesman
First Major Screen Credit: What's Happening! The Beatles in the USA (1964)
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Albert Maysles
Born: Nov 26, 1926 in Brookline, Massachusetts
Occupation: Cinematographer, Director, Actor, Active: '60s-2000s Major Genres: Culture & Society, Music
Career Highlights: The Rolling Stones: Gimme Shelter, Monterey Pop, The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit
First Major Screen Credit: Psychiatry in Russia (1955)
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Louis B. Mayer
Born: Jul 04, 1885 in Minsk, Russia
Died: Oct 29, 1957
Occupation: Actor, Active: teens-'20s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: The Eternal Struggle, He Who Gets Slapped, Sporting Venus
First Major Screen Credit: The Great Secret (1917)
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Elaine May
Born: Apr 21, 1932 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Writer, Actor, Director, Active: '60s-'90s Major Genres: Comedy
Career Highlights: The Heartbreak Kid, A New Leaf, Primary Colors
First Major Screen Credit: Omnibus: The Suburban Review (1958)
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Virginia Mayo
Born: Nov 30, 1920 in St. Louis, Missouri
Died: Jan 17, 2005 in Thousand Oaks, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '40s-'50s Major Genres: Western, Comedy
Career Highlights: White Heat, The Best Years of Our Lives, The Tall Stranger
First Major Screen Credit: Jack London (1943)
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Edna May Oliver
Born: Nov 09, 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts
Died: Nov 09, 1942 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: A Tale of Two Cities, David Copperfield, Lydia
First Major Screen Credit: Three O'Clock in the Morning (1923)
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Dame May Whitty
Born: Jun 19, 1865 in Liverpool, England
Died: May 29, 1948 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '30s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Romance
Career Highlights: Gaslight, Mrs. Miniver, The Lady Vanishes
First Major Screen Credit: Night Must Fall (1937)
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Jodhi May
Born: 1975 in England
Occupation: Actor Active: '90s-2000s Major Genres: Drama
Career Highlights: A World Apart, The Last of the Mohicans, Sister My Sister
First Major Screen Credit: A World Apart (1988)
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Mathilda May
Born: Feb 08, 1965 in Paris, France
Occupation: Actor Active: '80s-'90s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: La Fille Coupée en Deux, Schrei Aus Stein, The Cry of the Owl
First Major Screen Credit: Letters to an Unknown Lover (1984)
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Brian May
Born: 1934 in Australia
Died: Apr 25, 1997 Active: '70s-'90s Major Genres: Thriller, Action
Career Highlights: The Road Warrior, Gallipoli, Cloak and Dagger
First Major Screen Credit: Bellbird (1967)
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May Britt
Born: Mar 22, 1933 in Lidingo, Sweden
Occupation: Actor Active: '50s-'60s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: La Nave Delle Donne Maledette, Haunts, The Young Lions
First Major Screen Credit: La Nave Delle Donne Maledette (1953)
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Maya Deren
Born: Apr 29, 1917 in Kiev, Ukraine, Russian Empire
Died: Oct 13, 1961 in New York City, New York
Occupation: Director, Cinematographer, Actor, Writer, Active: '40s-'50s Major Genres: Avant-garde / Experimental
Career Highlights: Meshes of the Afternoon, Ritual in Transfigured Time, At Land
First Major Screen Credit: The Witch's Cradle (1942)
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Anna May Wong
Born: Jan 03, 1905 in Los Angeles, California
Died: Feb 03, 1961 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Crime
Career Highlights: The Thief of Bagdad, Shanghai Express, Forty Winks
First Major Screen Credit: The Toll of the Sea (1922)
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May McAvoy
Born: Sep 18, 1901 in New York City, New York
Died: Apr 26, 1984 in Sherman Oaks, California
Occupation: Actor Active: '20s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ, The Jazz Singer, The Enchanted Cottage
First Major Screen Credit: Morals (1921)
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Ken Maynard
Born: Jul 21, 1895 in Vevay, Indiana
Died: Mar 23, 1973 in Woodland Hills, California
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Western, Action
Career Highlights: Lawless Riders, Tombstone Canyon, Come On, Tarzan
First Major Screen Credit: North Star (1925)
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Archie Mayo
Born: 1891 in New York City, New York
Died: Dec 04, 1968 in Guadalajara, Mexico
Occupation: Director, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Orchestra Wives, The Petrified Forest, Black Legion
First Major Screen Credit: Christine of the Big Tops (1926)
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Joe May
Born: Nov 07, 1880 in Vienna, Austria
Died: Apr 29, 1954 in Hollywood, California
Occupation: Director, Active: '20s-'40s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: The Invisible Man Returns, Heimkehr, The House of the Seven Gables
First Major Screen Credit: Hilde Warren und Der Tod (1917)
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May Robson
Born: Apr 19, 1858 in Melbourne, Australia
Died: Oct 20, 1942 in Beverly Hills, California
Occupation: Actor, Writer, Active: '20s-'30s Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
Career Highlights: Bringing Up Baby, A Star Is Born, Joan of Paris
First Major Screen Credit: A Night Out (1916)
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Maya Rudolph
Born: Jul 27, 1972 in Gainesville, Florida
Occupation: Actor, Active: 2000s-??s Major Genres: Comedy, Comedy Drama
Career Highlights: Duets, A Prairie Home Companion, Away We Go
First Major Screen Credit: The Secret Life of Girls (1999)
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Melanie Mayron
Born: Oct 20, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Occupation: Actor, Director, Writer, Active: '70s-2000s Major Genres: Comedy, Drama
Career Highlights: Missing, Girlfriends, My Blue Heaven
First Major Screen Credit: Gable and Lombard (1976)