Margaret Shelby (Margaret Shelby)

Margaret Shelby

Actress. Daughter of Charlotte Shelby, sister of Mary Miles Minter. She is well remembered as ‘Countess of Crex” in “The Amazing Impostor.” (1919) She died of chronic alcoholism. Originally buried in ‘The Garden Of Honor’ a private and locked section at Forest Lawn (Glendale), in the 1950s Mary Miles Minter had her remains cremated and scattered. (bio by: MC)  Family links:  Parents:  Joseph Homer Reilly (1877 – 1958)  Charlotte Shelby (1877 – 1957)  Spouse:  Hugh Hamilton Fillmore (1889 – 1977)*  Siblings:  Margaret Shelby (1900 – 1939)  Mary Miles Minter (1902 – 1984)*  Joseph Jerome Reilly (1920 – 2007)**  Ransom Homer Reilly (1922 – 1962)** *Calculated relationship**Half-sibling

Born

  • June, 16, 1900
  • USA

Died

  • December, 12, 1939
  • USA

Cemetery

  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park (Glendale)
  • California
  • USA

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