IRWIN, MAY (1862-1938), American actress, was born June 27, 1862 at Whitby, Ontario, Canada and made her debut on the stage as a child of 12. In Feb. 1876 she appeared with her sister Flora at the Adelphi theatre in Buffalo, N.Y., as a member of Tony Pastor's company. From 1883 to 1887 she was a member of the company of Augustin Daly, the outstanding theatrical manager of that time. Later she was with Charles Frohman in His Wedding Day, Poets and Puppets, and other productions.
Among her other appearances were in The Widow Jones, Sister Mary, Mrs. Peckham's Carouse, Getting a Polish, She Knows Better Now, Widow By Proxy, On the Hiring Line, The Water's Fine, and No. 33 Washington Square, which she played as a com mand performance before Woodrow Wilson and members of the president's cabinet.
She died in New York city Oct. 22, 1938.