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Mayo Methot

Mayo Methot
Mayo Methot (while on Broadway).jpg
Methot during her early career on Broadway
Born Mayo June Methot
(1904-03-03)March 3, 1904
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Died June 9, 1951(1951-06-09) (aged 47)
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Cause of death Acute alcoholism
Resting place Portland Memorial Mausoleum
Education Miss Catlin's School
Occupation Actress
Years active 1909-1940
Spouse(s) John Lamond (m. 1921; div. 1927)
Percy T. Morgan, Jr. (m. 1931; div. 1937)
Humphrey Bogart (m. 1938; div. 1945)

Mayo June Methot (March 3, 1904 – June 9, 1951), also known as Mayo Methot Bogart, was an American film and theater actress. She appeared in over 30 films, as well as on Broadway. She suffered from alcoholism, the effects of which she ultimately succumbed to in 1951.

Methot was born in Portland, Oregon, the only child of Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Methot. Methot's father was the captain of a ship and traveled frequently. She started performing on stage at the age of five. As a child, she was nicknamed, "The Portland Rosebud." At the age of 8, she was chosen to travel with selected Portland delegates to Washington, D.C. where she presented President Woodrow Wilson with a bouquet of flowers. Methot was educated at Miss Catlin's School and graduated in 1919. She performed with the Baker Stock Company in Portland until 1922 when she left for New York City. After her arrival, she met George M. Cohan and worked in All the King's Men, The Song and Dance Man, and The Medicine Man, as well as others, totaling some ten shows between 1923 and 1930.

She became a popular actress on Broadway during the 1920s where she was admired for both her acting and singing ability. While on Broadway, she originated a role in the Vincent Youmans/Billy Rose musical Great Day (1929), introducing the standard "More Than You Know" and several others. She moved to Hollywood in the early 1930s and began an association with Warner Bros. Studios. She was usually cast as unsympathetic second leads and tough-talking "dames" of Warner's contemporary crime melodramas such as Jimmy the Gent and Marked Woman.

Methot was married three times and had no children. At the age of 19, she married Cosmopolitan Productions cameraman Jack Lamond. They divorced in 1927. In 1931, Methot married Percy T. Morgan, the co-owner of the Cock n' Bull restaurant on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard. Methot divorced Morgan in February 1937, claiming that Morgan would not allow her to accept an acting role in New York City.


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