As the Seegar sisters started acting and singing, Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in efforts to support his daughters' growing singing and acting pursuits.[1] Miriam Seegar made her film debut in 1928 in The Price of Divorce, in which she starred alongside Frances Day and Rex Maurice. The film never was released, but was adapted for sound and released two years later as Such Is the Law. She followed that with a lead role in The Valley of Ghosts the same year. She starred in four films in 1929 and six films in 1930, including New Movietone Follies of 1930 and The Dawn Trail opposite Western film star Buck Jones. In 1931 and 1932, she made a total of six films, all B-movies.
Later life and deathedit
In 1953, she received her ASID certification and began working as an interior decorator, first with Harriet Shellenberger and later on her own. She did not retire until 1995. In 2000, at the age of 93, Seegar appeared in the documentary I Used to Be in Pictures, which featured commentary from many of her contemporaries. Thereafter, she made a series of guest appearances at film festivals which culminated in an award for her screen work from the Memphis Film Festival when she was 95. On her 102nd birthday she sailed from Southampton to New York on the RMS Queen Mary 2 and back again. According to her daughter-in-law, Harriet Whelan, Seegar died on January 2, 2011, at the age of 103.[2]
Personal lifeedit
Whelan retired from acting in 1933, later marrying Tim Whelan, a director, with whom she had two sons.[3] She later worked as an interior decorator.[3] Her husband died in 1957, and decades later, both sons died within a span of nine months. Tim Whelan Jr. died from cancer in 1997, and Michael died in 1998.[3]
^"PASSINGS: Miriam Seegar Whelan, Glenn R. Watson, Catherine 'Kay' Kerr, Edward P. Evans". Los Angeles Times. January 5, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
^ abc"Miriam Seegar". Telegraph. January 9, 2011. Retrieved October 19, 2018.
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miriam, seegar, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, october, 20. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Miriam Seegar news newspapers books scholar JSTOR October 2018 Learn how and when to remove this message Miriam Seegar Whelan September 1 1907 January 2 2011 was an American actress in silent film and early sound films Miriam SeegarBorn 1907 09 01 September 1 1907Greentown Indiana U S DiedJanuary 2 2011 2011 01 02 aged 103 Pasadena California U S OccupationFilm actressYears active1928 1933SpouseTim Whelan m 1931 died 1957 wbr Children2RelativesSara Seegar sister Contents 1 Early life 2 Later life and death 3 Personal life 4 Selected filmography 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editAs the Seegar sisters started acting and singing Frank Seegar left teaching to open a hardware store in efforts to support his daughters growing singing and acting pursuits 1 Miriam Seegar made her film debut in 1928 in The Price of Divorce in which she starred alongside Frances Day and Rex Maurice The film never was released but was adapted for sound and released two years later as Such Is the Law She followed that with a lead role in The Valley of Ghosts the same year She starred in four films in 1929 and six films in 1930 including New Movietone Follies of 1930 and The Dawn Trail opposite Western film star Buck Jones In 1931 and 1932 she made a total of six films all B movies Later life and death editIn 1953 she received her ASID certification and began working as an interior decorator first with Harriet Shellenberger and later on her own She did not retire until 1995 In 2000 at the age of 93 Seegar appeared in the documentary I Used to Be in Pictures which featured commentary from many of her contemporaries Thereafter she made a series of guest appearances at film festivals which culminated in an award for her screen work from the Memphis Film Festival when she was 95 On her 102nd birthday she sailed from Southampton to New York on the RMS Queen Mary 2 and back again According to her daughter in law Harriet Whelan Seegar died on January 2 2011 at the age of 103 2 Personal life editWhelan retired from acting in 1933 later marrying Tim Whelan a director with whom she had two sons 3 She later worked as an interior decorator 3 Her husband died in 1957 and decades later both sons died within a span of nine months Tim Whelan Jr died from cancer in 1997 and Michael died in 1998 3 Selected filmography editThe Price of Divorce 1928 The Love Doctor 1929 Clancy in Wall Street 1930 New Movietone Follies of 1930 1930 What a Man 1930 Such Is the Law 1930 Big Money 1930 The Dawn Trail 1930 The Woman Between 1931 Out of Singapore 1932 False Faces 1932 References edit Miriam Seegar Muscatine Journal PASSINGS Miriam Seegar Whelan Glenn R Watson Catherine Kay Kerr Edward P Evans Los Angeles Times January 5 2011 Retrieved October 19 2018 a b c Miriam Seegar Telegraph January 9 2011 Retrieved October 19 2018 External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Miriam Seegar Miriam Seegar at IMDb Miriam Seegar at AllMovie Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miriam Seegar amp oldid 1194131237, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
