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Tay Malarkey

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Tay Malarkey
Born
Theresa Malarkey

March 5, 1889
Girardville, Pennsylvania, USA
DiedApril 15, 1973 (aged 84)
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA
OccupationFilm editor

Theresa "Tay" Malarkey (1889-1973) was an American film editor who worked at Triangle and Famous Players–Lasky in the late 1920s and early 1930s.

Biography

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Tay was born in Girardville, Pennsylvania, to John Malarkey and Mary Joyce, both of whom were Irish immigrants. She was the youngest of the couple's nine children.

After working as a stenographer in the real estate industry in San Antonio in her teens, she moved to Hollywood and took on a similar role at a film studio. Eventually she worked her way into an editing role.[1][2]

Malarkey—who never married—died on April 15, 1973.

Selected filmography

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References

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  1. ^ "Film Daily Yearbook". Archive.org. 1932. Retrieved February 13, 2019.
  2. ^ Stenn, David (2000-03-13). Clara Bow: Runnin' Wild. Cooper Square Press. ISBN 9781461660910.