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William Elliott (actor, Born 1879)
William Elliott (December 4, 1879 - February 5, 1932) was an American stage and screen actor. Biography The year of Elliott's birth is sometimes credited as 1885. As a child he played violin with the Weems Juvenile Concert Party.''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912 - 1976'' volume 2 D-H page 753 compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; this 1976 edition by Gale Research Company He toured in the stage companies of Herbert Kelcey and Effie Shannon, Mary Shaw, and Richard Mansfield. He was one of the most popular leading men in the first two decades of the twentieth century. He was the son-in-law of David Belasco through his first wife Augusta Belasco. He then was married to Louise Lagrange who previously Maurice Tourneur. Elliot was born in Boston and died at New York City. Filmography *''The Lightning Conductor'' (1914) (as actor and producer) *''Face Value'' (1914) (short) *''The Fortune Hunter'' (1914) *''The Tip-Off'' (1915) (short) *'' When We W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City, New York
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the List of United States cities by population density, most densely populated major city in the United States, and is more than twice as populous as second-place Los Angeles. New York City lies at the southern tip of New York (state), New York State, and constitutes the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the world by urban area, urban landmass. With over 20.1 million people in its metropolitan statistical area and 23.5 million in its combined statistical area as of 2020, New York is one of the world's most populous Megacity, megacities, and over 58 million people live within of the city. New York City is a global city, global Culture of New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise Lagrange
Louise Lagrange (19 August 1898 – 28 February 1979) was a French film actress. Lagrange was born in Oran, French Algeria, and had a film career spanning from 1907 through 1951. Beginning her career as a child actor before the First World War, she appeared in French and American films, and was in the serial ''Les Vampires'' (1915–1916). She wed twice, with her first marriage to the film director Maurice Tourneur and the second to stage performer William Elliot. Her sister was fellow actress Marthe Vinot, married first to Maurice Vinot and then to Pierre Blanchar and mother of Dominique Blanchar. She died in Paris in 1979. Partial filmography * ''A Roman Orgy'' (1911) * ''Cinderella or the Glass Slipper'' (1913) * ''Les Vampires'' (1915-1916) * ''The Side Show of Life'' (1924) * ''A Sainted Devil'' (1924) * ''The Nude Woman'' (1926) * ''The Orchid Dancer'' (1928) * '' In the Shadow of the Harem'' (1929) * '' The Wedding March'' (1929) * '' The Night Is Ours'' (1930) * '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herbert Kelcey
Herbert Kelcey (October 10, 1856 – July 10, 1917) born Herbert Henry Lamb, was an English-born American stage and film actor. Biography Born in 1856 in London, Kelcey made his stage debut at Brighton, in 1877 and had his first appearance in London in 1880. He went to New York and first appeared at Wallack's Theatre in 1882. He appeared in many society dramas. In the 1890s he formed a partnership with Effie Shannon that mimicked English husband-wife acting teams like the Bancrofts and the Kendals. In 1902 Kelcey became the second actor in America to play ''Sherlock Holmes'' after William Gillette.''Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912-1976'', p.1,340 vol.3 I-P; compiled from annual editions originally published by John Parker, 1976-1978 editions by Gale Research Personal Kelcey was married to actress Caroline Hill from the 1870s to the early 1890s. Some film and theater sources claim he was later married to Shannon, whom he was in a theatrical partnership with, but there is no evi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Effie Shannon
Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress. Biography Shannon had a 60-year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullough and later in 1886 with Robert B. Mantell. She was one of the founding members of the Twelfth Night Club for female actresses in 1891 (along with Alice Fisher, Lelena Fisher and Maida Craigen). Her partner and/or husband was Herbert Kelcey Herbert Kelcey (October 10, 1856 – July 10, 1917) born Herbert Henry Lamb, was an English-born American stage and film actor. Biography Born in 1856 in London, Kelcey made his stage debut at Brighton, in 1877 and had his first appearance in Lon ... who died in 1917. They appeared in numerous plays as a team predating by a generation the famous Lunt and Fontanne as a great Broadway romantic team. Effie's sister, Winona Shannon (1874-1950) was also an actress and regularly performed in the Herbe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Shaw (actress)
Mary G. Shaw (January 25, 1854 – May 18, 1929) was an American actress, playwright, suffragist, and early feminist. Shaw was involved in the women's movement since the early 1890s, and in 1892 she became a member of the Professional Women's League. She played many controversial roles in her career as an actress, and was involved in some of the most controversial plays of her time such as Henrik Ibsen's ''Ghosts A ghost is the soul or spirit of a dead person or animal that is believed to be able to appear to the living. In ghostlore, descriptions of ghosts vary widely from an invisible presence to translucent or barely visible wispy shapes, to rea ...'' and '' Hedda Gabler'', George Bernard Shaw's (no relation) '' Mrs. Warren's Profession'' and many female suffrage plays. Shaw, along with actress Jessie Bonstelle, designed the Woman's National Theatre in the early twentieth century. Shaw suffered and would die from heart disease. ''The Cradle Song'' was her last ap ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Richard Mansfield
Richard Mansfield (24 May 1857 – 30 August 1907) was an English actor-manager best known for his performances in Shakespeare plays, Gilbert and Sullivan operas, and the play '' Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde''. Life and career Mansfield was born in Berlin and spent his early childhood on Heligoland, Germany, an island in the North Sea, then under British rule. His parents were Hermine Küchenmeister-Rudersdorf, a Russian-born operatic soprano, and Maurice Mansfield, a British London-based wine merchant (died 1861). His grandfather was the violinist Joseph Rudersdorff.Turney, Wayne S"Richard Mansfield", ''A Glimpse of Theater History'', accessed 20 May 2012 Mansfield was educated at Derby School, in Derby, England, where he studied painting in London. His mother took him to America, where she was performing, but he returned to England at age 20. Finding that he could not make a living as a painter, he gained some success as a drawing-room entertainer, eventually moving into actin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maurice Tourneur
Maurice may refer to: People *Saint Maurice (died 287), Roman legionary and Christian martyr *Maurice (emperor) or Flavius Mauricius Tiberius Augustus (539–602), Byzantine emperor *Maurice (bishop of London) (died 1107), Lord Chancellor and Lord Keeper of England *Maurice of Carnoet (1117–1191), Breton abbot and saint * Maurice, Count of Oldenburg (fl. 1169–1211) *Maurice of Inchaffray (14th century), Scottish cleric who became a bishop *Maurice, Elector of Saxony (1521–1553), German Saxon nobleman *Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Lauenburg (1551–1612) *Maurice of Nassau, Prince of Orange (1567–1625), stadtholder of the Netherlands *Maurice, Landgrave of Hesse-Kassel or Maurice the Learned (1572–1632) *Maurice of Savoy (1593–1657), prince of Savoy and a cardinal *Maurice, Duke of Saxe-Zeitz (1619–1681) *Maurice of the Palatinate (1620–1652), Count Palatine of the Rhine *Maurice of the Netherlands (1843–1850), prince of Orange-Nassau * Maurice Chevalier (1888–1972), F ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Fortune Hunter (1914 Film)
''The Fortune Hunter'' is a lost 1914 silent film directed by Barry O'Neil. It stars actor William Elliott and Ethel Clayton. The Lubin Manufacturing Company produced. This play was an early stage success for Jack Barrymore John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ... in 1909. Cast * William Elliott - Nat Duncan *George Soule Spencer - Harry Kellogg *Charles Brandt - Sam Graham * Ethel Clayton - Betty Graham * Betty Brice - Josie Lockwood (*as Rosetta Brice) * Joseph Kaufman - Roland Barrett *Florence Williams -Mrs. Lockwood *James Daly - Blinky Lockwood *Gaston Bell - Willie Bartlett *Ruth Bryan - Angie Smith *Frank Backus - Pete Willing *Clara Lambert - Mrs. Willing *Alan Quinn - Tracy Tenner *Ferdinand Tidmarsh - George Burnham *Edwin Barbour - Old Hi References Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
When We Were Twenty-One
''When We Were Twenty-One'' is a 1915 American silent comedy film directed by Hugh Ford and Edwin S. Porter and written by H.V. Esmond. The film stars William Elliott, Charles Waldron, Marie Empress, Helen Lutrell, Winifred Allen, and Arthur Hoops. The film was released on April 5, 1915, by Paramount Pictures. Plot Cast * William Elliott as Richard Audaine * Charles Waldron as Dick Carew *Marie Empress as The Firefly *Helen Lutrell as Phyllis * Winifred Allen as Peggy *Arthur Hoops Arthur Hoops (1870 – September 17, 1916) was an American stage and screen actor. Biography Born in Chicago in 1870, on the stage Hoops was primarily associated with actor James K. Hackett. From 1900 on Hoops supported or costarred with Hac ... as The Trinity * Charles Coleman as The Trinity *George Backus as The Trinity *Mrs. Gordon as Mrs. Ericson References External links * 1915 films 1910s English-language films Silent American comedy films 1915 comedy films Paramo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen Steps Out
''Stephen Steps Out'' is a 1923 American silent comedy film that is notable as being the first starring role for the still teenaged Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. Directed by Joseph Henabery, it was based on a short story by Richard Harding Davis, "The Grand Cross of the Desert." With this film the young Fairbanks Jr. opted for a screen career despite opposition from his famous actor father, Douglas Fairbanks. "I was terribly chubby," recalled Fairbanks Jr. "Did it for the money. When my parents separated, it was hardly amicable and mother and I needed to eat. Movie companies were willing to exploit my famous name. I didn't really understand that at the time." Plot As described in a film magazine review, the young son of a wealthy American fails his class in history at school, so he is sent to Turkey to learn the subject firsthand on the premises. He learns that the instructor who flunked him in his exam at school is to be dismissed for it, and he intervenes and gets the school board ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1879 Births
Events January–March * January 1 – The Specie Resumption Act takes effect. The United States Note is valued the same as gold, for the first time since the American Civil War. * January 11 – The Anglo-Zulu War begins. * January 22 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Isandlwana: A force of 1,200 British soldiers is wiped out by over 20,000 Zulu warriors. * January 23 – Anglo-Zulu War – Battle of Rorke's Drift: Following the previous day's defeat, a smaller British force of 140 successfully repels an attack by 4,000 Zulus. * February 3 – Mosley Street in Newcastle upon Tyne (England) becomes the world's first public highway to be lit by the electric incandescent light bulb invented by Joseph Swan. * February 8 – At a meeting of the Royal Canadian Institute, engineer and inventor Sandford Fleming first proposes the global adoption of standard time. * March 3 – United States Geological Survey is founded. * March 11 – Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
