Smum County Posted by smumcountry on July 20, 2013

July 20, 2013 by smumcounty Edna May Oliver was born Edna May Nutter in 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams. She left school at the age of fourteen to pursue a career on stage and found her first real success on Broadway...   read more

Smum County Posted by smumcountry on July 20, 2013

July 20, 2013 by smumcounty Edna May Oliver was born Edna May Nutter in 1883 in Malden, Massachusetts, a direct descendant of the sixth President, John Quincy Adams. She left school at the age of fourteen to pursue a career on stage and found her first real success on Broadway...   read more

Noir and Chick Flicks Posted by Dawn on November 9, 2010

Edna May Oliver, was a descendant of the sixth American president, John Quincy Adams. She left school at age fourteen in order to perform on Broadway in Jerome Kern's musical comedy, Oh, Boy! (1917). Her film debut was in the film, Wife in Name Only(1923). Oliver first gained notice for...   read more