[1][2] Mary was born in Barnesville, Ohio, to Elmer McKeever and Bertha Bentley.
[citation needed] After moving west, she found work in Hollywood as an actress in Westerns at Triangle, eventually becoming the leading lady for William S.
As a result, the family spent time at a beach cottage in her home state in 1932; during their trip, McIvor wandered off and was reported missing.
[9] In April 1939, Desmond reported his wife missing again from their apartment in Los Angeles; she was found wandering the streets of Hollywood nine days later and subsequently treated by doctors for amnesia.
Her cremated remains are interred in the vault at the Chapel Of The Pines Crematory in Los Angeles California.