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May Greene
May Greene (born May 31, ?1890; death date unknown) was the professional name of composer and vaudeville performer Mary O’Donnell.
==Biography==
May Greene (sometimes spelled “Green”) was born Mary Greenberg to Carlos (sometimes Charles) and Rose Greenberg. Mary’s month and day of birth is nearly always recorded as May 31, but the year varies among documents, from 1884 to 1892.〔The 1900 U. S. Federal Census gives 1884; in the 1910 census Mary's age is 24 (b. 1885); on a 1920 passport application the year is 1890, but ship registers that year give 1892; 1927 and 1929 registers give 1891 and 1890; in the 1930 census, Mary’s age is 39 (b. 1890).〕 The Greenbergs immigrated from Odessa in 1891, joining a growing community of Russian Jews in Boston; Carlos worked first as a pedlar and then established a poultry market downtown. As a child Mary was active at Dorothea Dix House, a settlement school that in 1896 became a home for children of actors.〔''Handbook of settlements'' (New York: Charities Publication Committee, 1911), p. 314.〕 This resulted in her first recorded stage appearance, in 1902, as “little May Green” in a production of ''Peg Wolfington'' at the Castle Square Theatre.〔Charles Elwell French, ''Six Years of Drama at the Castle Square Theatre'' (Boston: (author ), 1903), p. 302. Possibly “May Green” was both an adaptation of her family name and a reference to her birthday.〕 On March 3, 1907, Mary married Timothy O’Donnell, an actor (born in Wilbraham, Massachusetts on May 30, 1886), in a civil ceremony at Lawrence, Massachusetts.〔Massachusetts Marriage Records.〕 They gave a New York address, although other indications are that Mary continued to be based in Boston, living with her parents, until at least 1914. Thereafter they occupied a series of New York apartments.
At some time in the 1910s most members of the family changed their surname to “Greene.” Mary’s brother William enlisted under that name and died in the Great War on August 3, 1918; in 1921 a square in Boston was renamed in his honor. In the late 1910s Timothy O’Donnell stopped performing and became a much-respected manager, employed primarily in the Pat Casey agency. The O’Donnells thrice went to Europe, in part to visit William Greene’s grave;〔Passport application, June 14, 1920; passenger lists for August 20, 1920; July 4, 1927; and July 15, 1929.〕 and in 1922 Mary started a business in imported fabrics, first with co-performer Arthur Astill and later with her sister Hattie (Hannah).〔"Personalities," ''The Vaudeville News'' III:25 (May 19, 1922), p. 12; “Scenic Artists,” ''The Billboard'' 39:44 (October 29, 1927), p. 41.〕 The sisters may have been joined by their father, Carlos, still in Boston; in the 1930 census he gave his occupation as “clothing.” Timothy O’Donnell died on January 29, 1932, and was buried in Kensico Cemetery.〔"Deaths," ''The New York Times'', January 30, 1932, p. 17.〕 Mary’s subsequent history is unknown.
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