Edyth Shipton Goodall (20 February 1886 – 22 July 1929), professionally known as Edyth Goodall, was a Scottish actress. She was born in
Dundee
Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...
, the daughter of A. E. E. Goodall and his wife Annie, ''née'' Shipton.
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She made her professional stage debut in 1904 and made her first London appearance in 1907. She appeared in many West End productions and was noted particularly for playing the roles of Fanny Hawthorne in '' Hindle Wakes'' (1912) and Maggie Hobson in '']Hobson's Choice
A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that multiple choices are available. The most well known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave ...
'' (1916) in their West End premieres.["Miss Edyth Goodall", ''The Times'', 23 July 1929, p. 16] '' The Era'' said of her performance in the latter, "Good as her past record is, Miss Edyth Goodall has never done anything equal to her portrayal of this far-sighted, managing, strong-willed, good-hearted daughter of Lancashire".["Hobson's Choice", ''The Era'', 28 June 1916, p. 9]
When Daisy Ashford's ''The Young Visiters
''The Young Visiters'' or ''Mister Salteena's Plan'' is a 1919 novel by English writer Daisy Ashford (1881–1972). She wrote it when she was nine years old and part of its appeal lies in its juvenile innocence, and its unconventional grammar an ...
'' was adapted for the stage in 1920 she played the central role of Ethel Monticue.[
Goodall married Leonard Francis Schuster in 1915. They had one child, a son born in 1921. Goodall died in London on 22 July 1929, aged 47.][Parker, Gaye and Herbert, pp. 958–960]
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1886 births
1929 deaths
Actresses from Dundee
Scottish actresses
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