Shirley Grey, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Shirley Grey

actress

Date of Birth: 11-Apr-1902

Place of Birth: Naugatuck, Connecticut, United States

Date of Death: 12-Aug-1981

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Shirley Grey (born Agnes Zetterstrand; April 11, 1902 – August 12, 1981) was an American actress.
She appeared in 46 films between 1930 and 1935.
Born in Naugatuck, Connecticut, Grey was the daughter of E.
A Zetterstrand, a minister, who died when she was eight years old.
Thereafter, her mother raised Grey and her six siblings.
She graduated from Waterbury High School, where she was active in the Dramatic Club.Grey began her acting career with the Poli Players.
She went on to act with companies in New Orleans, Louisiana; Jacksonville, Florida; San Francisco, California, and Nova Scotia.
She had her own acting troupe, the Shirley Grey Players, in the late 1920s.
In 1931, she starred in the comedy-drama Chicago at the Fulton Theater in Oakland, California.
It was the third play of Grey's "limited season".Grey's work in stock theater led to her career in films.
A talent scout who worked for film producer Samuel Goldwyn saw Grey performing in a stock production in Oakland and arranged for her to take a screen test, which led to her signing a contract with Goldwyn.On August 28, 1921, Grey married actor Foster Williams, known professionally as Frank McCarthy.
She filed for divorce from him on September 30, 1925.
In 1936, Grey married English actor Arthur Margetson.In her later years, Grey was a semi-recluse, living with her sisters before moving to a Jacksonville Beach, Florida, convalescent home where she died.