Miriam Seegar was born on September 1, 1907 in Greentown, Indiana, USA. She was an actress, known for Seven Keys to Baldpate (1929), The Price of Divorce (1928) and Valley of the Ghosts (1928). She was married to Tim Whelan. She died on January 2, 2011 in Pasadena, California, USA.
[About shooting The Dawn Trail (1930)] There was a scene in the picture that was very scary. I was scared to death. The cattle stampeded--and they were to go around us. I had the right to refuse, because this was dangerous, but I didn't. I was in the ditch while, offscreen, cowboys on horses would turn the cattle away, just as they were coming to the ditch! They didn't go over me, but if they had missed one cow, that would have been it!
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In 1953 she received her ASID certification and began working as an interior decorator, first with Harriet Shellenberger and later on her own. She did not retire until 1995.
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She and director/husband had two sons. Tim Whelan Jr. and Michael, the latter born with Downs Syndrome. Her husband died in 1957 and, tragically, both sons died within a span of nine months later on. She has 2 grandchildren and 4 great-grandchildren.
Her parents were teachers. She was one of four daughters. Her father later opened up a hardware store but died when Miriam was 14.
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Her biggest theatre hit was in London, replacing Sylvia Sidney in "Crime" at the Queen's theatre in the West End.
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Actress from the early talkies era who made her film debut in 1929 but retired after a few years following marriage and the birth of her first son.
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The third of four talented sisters: Dr. Helen Seegar Stone (1895-1976) (educator); Dorothy Seegar (Broadway and opera singer); and the youngest Sara Seegar Stone (1914-1990) (stage, film and TV character actress).
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