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"May Wynn, Actress in 'The Caine Mutiny,' Dies at 93".

^ "May Wynn – The Private Life and Times of May Wynn.

Wynn died in Newport Beach, California, in March 2021 at the age of 93. Custer from 1968 to 1979, when they were divorced. Wynn married actor Jack Kelly in October 1956. A Los Angeles Times profile said that she "now uses her experience to help students at Our Lady Queen of Angels build confidence during her after-school public speaking classes," and still received fan mail. In January 2018, Wynn, then known as Donna Custer, was feted by the school on her 90th birthday. Wynn worked in real estate after leaving acting, and in 1989 began work as a part-time aide with Our Lady Queen of Angels Catholic School in Newport Beach, California. In 1958, she starred with her then-husband Jack Kelly in The Hong Kong Affair.

She guest-starred on Perry Mason as Donna Sherwood in "The Case of the Glittering Goldfish" (1959). Wynn later was cast as the lead actress in the feature films The Man Is Armed and The White Squaw (both 1956), and in Jack Webb's NBC television series, Noah's Ark, in which she played opposite Paul Burke and Victor Rodman. In 1954, she adopted the stage name of May Wynn after she played a character of that name in The Caine Mutiny (1954).

She was tested for a key supporting role in From Here to Eternity (1953), but Donna Reed played the part and won an Academy Award for her performance. Wynn began performing under her birth name at New York's Copacabana nightclub at 17. Outside of work, she won a variety of talent contests. Her early jobs included modeling, working in a department store, and being a page at La Guardia Field. Her grandfather, Bertie Black, worked as a musician in vaudeville, and her father, Ray Hickey, was a song-and-dance performer in vaudeville. Wynn, who grew up in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, was descended from a line of performers. Donna Lee Custer ( née Hickey, Janu – March 22, 2021), better known as May Wynn, was an American dancer, singer, and actress.