page_title: Mary Miles Minter
hierarchical_section_title: Mary Miles Minter
caption_attribution_description: English: Portrait of American actress Mary Miles Minter (1902-1984) by American photographer Albert Wilztel (1879-1929).
context_page_description: Mary Miles Minter was an American actress. She appeared in 53 silent era films from 1912 to 1923.
  In 1922, Minter was involved in a scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she professed her love. Although gossip implicated her mother, former actress Charlotte Shelby, as the murderer, Minter's reputation was tarnished, and she gave up her movie career in 1923.
context_section_description: Mary Miles Minter (born Juliet Reilly, April 25, 1902– August 4, 1984) was an American actress. She appeared in 53 silent era films from 1912 to 1923.
  In 1922, Minter was involved in a scandal surrounding the murder of director William Desmond Taylor, for whom she professed her love. Although gossip implicated her mother, former actress Charlotte Shelby, as the murderer, Minter's reputation was tarnished, and she gave up her movie career in 1923.
caption: Minter, 1917
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