Catherine Moylan

Catherine May Moylan (July 4, 1904 – September 9, 1969) was an American film actress, model, and beauty queen who won the 1926 International Pageant of Pulchritude. She subsequently appeared in two Broadway productions before having a short film career, including roles in Our Blushing Brides and Love in the Rough (both 1930).

From the mid-1930s onward, Moylan spent the remainder of her life living outside the public eye in Fort Worth, Texas, where she died in 1969 of heart failure.

Biography Catherine May Moylan was born July 4, 1904, to Catherine Mary (née Sharkey) and William Moylan; Though Moylan was born in the United States, sources differ as to her precise birthplace: Moylan herself reported that she was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on her daughter's 1932 birth certificate, but Moylan's death certificate issued by the state of Texas states she was born in Rochester, New York.

Moylan was raised in Dallas, Texas. In 1926, after winning the title of Miss Dallas, Moylan competed in and won the Galveston-held International Pageant of Pulchritude, and was crowned "Beauty Queen of the Universe." She subsequently made her Broadway debut in the Ziegfeld Follies of 1927, and subsequently appeared in the original Broadway production of Whoopee! (1928).

Sometime in the 1930s, Moylan returned to Texas, settling in Fort Worth, where she lived the rest of her life outside the public eye. She married Los Angeles real estate magnate John H. Singleton in the spring of 1931, and remained married to him until 1939 when the couple divorced. Singleton was an heir to a $5,000,000 estate left behind by his father, a venture capitalist from St. Louis. In the divorce agreement, Moylan was granted $100 per month in child support, as well as a $25,000 settlement, followed by a $15,000 sum two years after the divorce.

Love in the Rough Martha

Ambitious People Short film

Any Old Port Short film

Stage credits Year Title Role Notes 1927 Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 Dancer New Amsterdam Theatre 1928 Whoopee! Ziegfeld Glorified Girl New Amsterdam Theatre