Mayo Methot died of complications stemming from alcoholism in 1951, aged 47.
10 Facts About Mayo Methot
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Mayo Jane Methot was born March 3,1904, in Chicago, Illinois, the only child of Beryl Evelyn and John Dillon "Jack" Methot, a ship captain.
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In 1912, Mayo Methot starred as David, a young boy, in a production of The Awakening of Helena Richie, at the Grand Opera House in Salem, Oregon.
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Mayo Methot continued to perform in local productions with the Baker Stock Company, including Linger Longer Letty in November 1921, and in a revival of Parlor, Bedroom and Bath in March 1922.
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Shortly after her arrival in New York, Mayo Methot began appearing on Broadway, her first production being director William Brady's The Mad Honeymoon in the summer of 1923.
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Mayo Methot moved to Hollywood in 1930, hoping to transition from stage to a career in film.
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On November 28,1931, Methot married Percy T Morgan, an oil tycoon and the co-owner with John "Jack" Morgan, of the Cock n' Bull restaurant on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard, birthplace of the Moscow Mule.
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Mayo Methot divorced her husband, Percy Morgan, in February 1937, claiming that he would not allow her to accept an acting role in New York City.
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Mayo Methot filed for divorce on May 10,1945, in a Las Vegas court.
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Mayo Methot died on June 9,1951, at Holladay Park Hospital in Portland.