death_date death_place years_active birth_place other_names relatives name parents birth_date spouse image article_title birth_name occupation death_cause
04 august 1984 santa monica , california , u.s. 1907 & ndash ; 1923 shreveport , louisiana , u.s. juliet shelby margaret shelby -lrb- 1900 & ndash ; 1939 -rrb- mary miles minter joseph -rrb- charlotte shelby -lrb- 1877 & ndash ; 1957 -rrb- homer reilly -lrb- 1877 & ndash ; 1958 25 april 1902 brandon o. hildebrandt 1957 1965 actressmarymilesminter -lrb- 1902-1984 -rrb- . jpg mary miles minter
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mary miles minter

mary miles minter -lrb- april 25 , 1902 -- august 4 , 1984 -rrb- was an american actress .
she appeared in 54 silent era motion pictures from 1912 to 1923 .
in 1922 , minter was involved in 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 .
