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Mabel Gibson
Mabel Wennstrom Gibson (1901 – 1951) was an Australian singer and actor, best known for playing in musicals and operettas. History Gibson was born in Perth, Western Australia, a daughter of builder and Perth councillor Sydney "Sid" Gibson and his wife Catherine Charlotte Gibson, née Wennstrom (1879 – 2 May 1931). As a child, she studied piano under Richard J. Bastian, dancing under Flora Lewin and Alice Patten, and shone in juvenile pantomime. She passed the L.A.B. examinations in pianoforte, and won a Dame Nellie Melba Scholarship, to study at the Albert Street Conservatorium. She played in several amateur theatre groups before being engaged with J. C. Williamson's The Gibson family moved from the Mt Lawley suburb of Perth to the Melbourne suburb of Northcote sometime around 1925. Her first engagements with J.C.W. were as Clarice Hardwicke's understudy in ''Sybil'' and as one of the trio of sisters in '' Lilac Time''. She went on to play Therese in '' Ma Mie Rosette ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mabel GIbson, 1937
Mabel is an English female given name derived from the Latin ''amabilis'', "lovable, dear".Reclams Namensbuch, 1987, History Amabilis of Riom (died 475) was a French male saint who logically would have assumed the name Amabilis upon entering the priesthood: his veneration may have resulted in Amabilis being used as both a male and female name, or the name's female usage may have been initiated by the female saint Amabilis of Rouen (died 634), the daughter of an Anglo-Saxon king who would have adopted the name Amabilis upon becoming a nun. Brought by the Normans—as Amable—to the British Isles, the name was there common as both Amabel and the abbreviated Mabel throughout the Middle Ages, with Mabel subsequently remaining common until , from which point its usage was largely restricted to Ireland, Mabel there being perceived as a variant of the Celtic name Maeve, until the name had a Victorian revival in Britain, facilitated by the 1853 publication of the novel ''The Heir of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |