Mary Philbin was born in Chicago (1903) into a happy,middle class Irish Catholic family.Mary was a beauty contest winner for Universal Pictures,before entering silent films in 1921.She played ingenue roles in successful films.Her most famous film role however is as the original Christine Daae in the classic silent "Phantom of the Opera" (1925#.When a sound version was made of the same silent a few years later Mary dubbed her own voice speaking as Christine.After sound arrived she made a few pictures, then retired from the screen in the early 1930s.She took care of her parents in later years,but never married. Mary was a private person,who rarely gave interviews.Her romantic life she kept to herself.She did make a rare public appearance for the Los Angeles premiere of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical "The Phantom of the Opera".Mary died at age 89 from pneumonie in 1993.

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