Blyth Daly

Blyth Daly, also spelled Blythe Daley (1901-??) was an early silent film actress who is better known for her relationships and friendships in the underworld of the Hollywood and New York City lesbian acting community than for her acting career itself.

In 1919, Frank Case, manager of the Algonquin Hotel, began hosting popular and well known members of the acting and writing community, with the group being dubbed the "Algonquin Round Table", with members including Edna Ferber, actress Tallulah Bankhead, Harpo Marx and others. Daly, never what was called an "official member" of the group, attended through her association with Bankhead, Estelle Winwood and actress Eva Le Gallienne, with the four of them being dubbed "The Four Riders of the Algonquin".

Daly was bisexual, as was Bankhead, whereas Winwood was believed to have been lesbian, which has never been confirmed beyond some doubt, and Le Gallienne was well known inside the acting community as being lesbian. The four became close friends and associates, but of the four, as acting went, Daly's career never took off. She had several bit-parts in early silent films, and well into the 1930s she had small appearances, always uncredited. By the 1960s she had all but disappeared.

References

* [http://www.glbtq.com/arts/stage_actors_actresses,4.html Blyth Daly, Eva Le Gallienne]
* [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0197832/ Blythe Daley brief]