May Irwin
May Irwin was born on June 27, 1862. See ranking, bio blurb, and everyone else born that day.
About May Irwin
May Irwin (born Georgina May Campbell; June 27, 1862 – October 22, 1938) was a Canadian born American actress, singer, theatrical producer and star of vaudeville, and rose to prominence in the Gilded Age. She was a child star performing in a troupe headed by Tony Pastor alongside her sister Flo Irwin, and their success on stage saved the family from poverty after the untimely death of her father. She was among one of the earliest performers to record commercially and appeared in The Kiss (1896 film), one of the first commercially distributed films. In 1892 she founded The May Irwin Company, making her one of the first women to own and operate her own theatrical enterprise.