There were two actresses by the name of Elsie Mackay in the 1920s, but the English actress and aviator was known on stage (London and Broadway) and film as Poppy Wyndham. Poppy Wyndham at "Find a Grave" Many sources conflate the careers of these two actresses, but Elsie Mackay was still performing in 1935, whilst Poppy Wyndham died in an air accident in 1928.