Born in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 23, 1895, Mayo spent time as a stage actress before moving to
Hollywood in 1914 to pursue an acting career. That year, she received her first role, in the film
Michael Arnold and Doctor Lynn opposite
Robert Z. Leonard. In 1914 and 1915, she starred in twenty-two films, and wrote an article for
Picture-Play Weekly in 1915 about the differences between using makeup for stage and film. In 1916, she appeared in four films, including
The Return of Eve and
The Strange Case of Mary Page. During filming for
The Return of Eve, the cast and crew were transported to the
Midwest, where they shot the film's metropolitan scenes in
Chicago and its rural scenes in northern
Wisconsin, near the banks of the
Dells of the Wisconsin River. She also filmed locations scenes in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin with the cast and crew of
The Misleading Lady around this same time. '' advertisement In 1916's
The Strange Case of Mary Page, she wore "$10,000 worth of gowns designed by
Lady Duff Gordon (Lucile), the famous modiste." It then took more than a year before she received another role, playing the female lead in
Hearts of Love in 1918. That was her final film; she retired from acting. She eventually settled in
San Francisco, California, where she was residing at the time of her death on May 5, 1970. ==Selected filmography==