Mae Giraci
Mae Georgia Giraci (January 22, 1910 – January 10, 2006), also known as May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi, was an American child actress who appeared in silent films between 1915 and 1929. Giraci was born in Los Angeles. She was discovered by director Cecil B. DeMille and worked with him and his brother William C. DeMille.
Also recorded as Mae Georgia Giraci
Mae Giraci

Universal Film Manufacturing Company · Photoplay (Jul. - Dec. 1921) · Public domain
- Name
- Mae Giraci
- Birth Name
- Mae Georgia Giraci
- Born
- 22 January 1910
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles, California, US
- Died
- 10 January 2006
- Known for
- Lorna Doone (1922) Miss Lulu Bett (film) (1921) Reputation (1921) One More American (1918)
- Occupation
- Actress
- Nationality
- United States
- Fields
- silent film
- Languages
- English
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Mae Georgia Giraci (January 22, 1910 – January 10, 2006), also known as May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi, was an American child actress who appeared in silent films between 1915 and 1929. Giraci was born in Los Angeles. She was discovered by director Cecil B. DeMille and worked with him and his brother William C. DeMille.
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She died of colon cancer in 2006.
• Name — Mae Giraci • Birth Name — Mae Georgia Giraci • Born — 22 January 1910 • Birthplace — Los Angeles, California, US • Died — 10 January 2006 • Place of death — Los Angeles, California, US • Other Names — May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi • Known for — Lorna Doone (1922) Miss Lulu Bett (film) (1921) Reputation (1921) One More American (1918) • Occupation — Actress • Children — 3 • Parents — Santo Giraci Anna De Nubila Mae Georgia Giraci (January 22, 1910 – January 10, 2006), also known as May Giraci, May Garcia, May Geraci, May Giracci, May Giracia and Tina Rossi, was an American child actress who appeared in silent films between 1915 and 1929. Giraci was born in Los Angeles. She was discovered by director Cecil B. DeMille and worked with him and his brother William C. DeMille. She died of colon cancer in 2006.
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• Casey at the Bat (1916) • The Children of the Feud (1916) • A Daughter of the Poor (1917) • Cheerful Givers (1917) • A Strange Transgressor (1917) • For Better, for Worse (1919) • The Lady of Red Butte (1919) • The World and Its Woman (1919) • The Son of Tarzan (1920) • The Cheater (1920) • The Prince Chap (1920) • Reputation (1921) • Miss Lulu Bett (1921) • Lorna Doone (1922) • Secrets (1924) • The Godless Girl (1929)

Ad for the American film For Better, for Worse (1919) with Gloria Swanson, Elliott Dexter, and Mae Giraci, on page 1102 of the May 24, 1919 Moving Picture World.
Paramount Pictures / Artcraft · Moving Picture World (May 1919) at the Internet Archive

Poster for Chapter 3 of the 1920 film serial The Son of Tarzan.
National Film Corporation of America · HA
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- 2.Imdb nm0320575 Dorothy Giraci
- 3.Imdb nm0686945 Ralph Platz
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