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{{Short description|Canadian-American actress and singer}} {{Use American English|date=February 2020}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2020}} {{Infobox person | name = May Irwin | image = May Irwin, stage actress (SAYRE 4867).jpg | alt = Irwin in an ornate white dress. | caption = Irwin in 1905 | birth_name = Georgina May Campbell | birth_date = {{Birth date|1862|06|27}} | birth_place = [[Whitby, Ontario|Whitby]], [[Canada West]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|1938|10|22|1862|06|27}} | death_place = New York City, U.S. | occupation = Actress, singer | years_active = 1870sβ1922 | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Frederick W. Keller|1879|1886|reason=d.}} * {{marriage|Kurt Eisenfeldt<br>|1907}} }} | children = 2 | relatives = }} [[File:The Kiss (1896).webm|thumb|''May Irwin Kiss'', recorded in April 1896 by [[Thomas Edison]]]] [[File:Signed drawing of May Irwin by Manuel Rosenberg for Cincinnati Post 1920.jpg|thumb|Signed drawings of May Irwin by [[Manuel Rosenberg]] for the Cincinnati Post 1920]] '''May Irwin''' (born '''Georgina May Campbell;''' June 27, 1862 β October 22, 1938) was an actress, singer and star of [[vaudeville]]. Originally from Canada, she and her sister Flo Irwin found theater work after their father died. She was known for her performances as a [[coon shouter]] and for her recordings.
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