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name: "May Craig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/may-craig"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 January 1889"
died: "8 February 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-20T02:33:58.026769+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# May Craig

Actor. Born 1 January 1889 in Dublin, Ireland. Died 8 February 1972.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 January 1889, Dublin, Ireland
- **Died:** 8 February 1972
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_Craig_(actress), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21469221, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0185953/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/30498

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*The Quiet Man*](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md) (78)

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## Biography

May Craig (1889–1972) was an Irish actress. Born in Dublin, she joined the Abbey Theatre in 1916 and appeared in many stage productions over the following decades, including roles in plays by Shaw, Boyle, Murray and O'Casey.

Her screen work began in the 1950s. She played the Fishwoman with basket at station in *The Quiet Man* (1952), Mrs Clotworthy in *Boyd's Shop* (1960), the Tinker's Mother in *Johnny Nobody* (1961) and the Aunt in *Girl with Green Eyes* (1964). She was married to Vincent Power-Fardy.

*Sources: imdb.com, dib.ie.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Quiet Man* (1952), Fi1m 78, as Fishwoman with basket at station — [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Girl with Green Eyes* (1964), as Aunt
- *Johnny Nobody* (1961), as Tinker's Mother
- *Boyd's Shop* (1960), Actor
- *The Rising of the Moon* (1957), as Mrs. Folsey (segment 'A Minute's Wait')
- *The Quiet Man* (1952), as Fishwoman with basket at station — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/the-quiet-man.md)
- *No Resting Place* (1951), Actor

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