Neomie Salatich, Dentist And Local Actress, Dies At 87
Times Picayune 10-9-1996

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Dr. Neomie Salatich, who was among New Orleans' first woman dentists and later
was a well-known local actress, died Oct. 2 while visiting the New York City
home of her daughter. She was 87.

A lifelong New Orleans resident, Dr. Salatich graduated from the Academy of
the Sacred Heart and attended the Loyola University School of Dentistry, where
she was the only woman in the 1932 graduating class.

She later went into practice with her father, R.J. Salatich, and practiced
dentistry for more than 30 years before retiring.

She focused on pediatric dentistry, and for a short time she ran an Uptown
nursery school for retarded children who had started out as her patients.

During the early '50s, Dr. Salatich - who while a student had appeared on
radio as a singer and pianist - took a role in a play at Le Petit Theatre,
which sparked a career that spanned the next four decades. During these years,
in which she also directed plays, she appeared in many productions for Gallery
Circle Theater, Tulane University Theater, Family Service Society and Les
Comediens Francaises, in whose productions she spoke fluent French.

In later years, she coached the Holy Name High School French Club, sending her
students on to win statewide prizes. She also took several roles on the
dinner-theater circuit and appeared in TV commercials.

She was an avid overseas traveler.

Dr. Salatich is survived by her daughter, Renee Richard McKenna, and four
grandchildren.

A graveside service will be held Saturday at 10:30 a.m. at Greenwood Cemetery,
5242 Canal Blvd., followed by a memorial Mass at noon in the chapel of the
Academy of the Sacred Heart, 4521 St. Charles Ave. Tharp-Sontheimer-Tharp
Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements