Mildred Shay

Mildred Shay was an American film actress who worked from the 1930s into the 1990s. Born in Cedarhurst, New York, she decided on an acting career, and her father's approaches to Fox and Paramount led to an early screen test opposite Douglas Fairbanks Jr. and studied acting with Josephine Dillon. Her first roles were small and often uncredited, in films such as A Bill of Divorcement (1932), The Age of Consent, and Roman Scandals, and she dubbed Greta Garbo's voice in Grand Hotel. After a stage appearance in The Sap Runs High, she returned to Hollywood in 1939 as Joan Crawford's French maid in The Women. She then largely left acting until returning in 1968 with Star!, later appearing in The Great Gatsby, Valentino, Candleshoe (1977), Superman III, Death Wish 3, Little Shop of Horrors, and Bullseye! (1990). Her final film was Parting Shots in 1999. She died in 2005.