About Tay Malarkey
Lived 1889 – 1973 (aged 84). Tay Malarkey was a film editor.
Theresa "Tay" Malarkey (1889-1973) was an American film editor who worked at Triangle and Famous Players–Lasky in the late 1920s and early 1930s.
Biography Tay was born in Girardville, Pennsylvania, to John Malarkey and Mary Joyce, both of whom were Irish immigrants. She was the youngest of the couple's nine children.
After working as a stenographer in the real estate industry in San Antonio in her teens, she moved to Hollywood and took on a similar role at a film studio. Eventually she worked her way into an editing role.
Malarkey—who never married—died on April 15, 1973.
Selected filmography
No Limit (1931) Close Harmony (1929) Three Week Ends (1928) Hot News (1928)
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Who was Tay Malarkey?
American film editor
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Tay Malarkey was born on 5 March 1889.
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Tay Malarkey died on 15 April 1973.
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Tay Malarkey was a film editor.
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