Miriam Seegar died on January 2 (2011) aged 103.She was an actress whose brief film career bridged the gap between silent films and early talkies After her acting career ended,Miriam became an interior designer in L.A.She was born in Greentown, Ind.,where she and her sisters enjoyed play-acting as children.In her teens she joined a traveling group of stage performers in the Midwest and New York.She eventually made her way to London and starred in a West End production.She began appearing in British films in the late 1920s,earning top billing in "Valley of the Ghosts" (1928).She met her future husband on the set of "When Knights Were Bold," a 1929 film he directed.After the couple returned to the United States,she starred in such Hollywood films as the 1930 romantic comedy "What a Man," the 1930 western "The Dawn Trail" and the 1932 crime drama "Out of Singapore."She left acting to raise the two sons she had with Whelan.He died in 1957. KIT: Scent of Spring Bundle by Lynn Griffin.