Eugenie Marian Duggan (1872 – 2 November 1936) was a popular
Australia
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n stage actress. She was the sister of the actors
Edmund
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, P.J. and Kathleen Duggan. She began studying acting, won a number of elocution competitions and made her professional debut in 1890 in ''
Romeo and Juliet
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She joined the company of theatre entrepreneur
William Anderson William Anderson may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* William Anderson (artist) (1757–1837), painter of marine and historical paintings
* William Anderson (theatre) (1868–1940), Australian stage entrepreneur
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, and later married him. She played a wide range of roles throughout Australia and New Zealand, including the title part in the original 1907 production of ''
The Squatter's Daughter''. In 1910 she played Princess Monica in ''
The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' in a tour of Australia. In 1911 she appeared in the short film of
The Christian as Glory Quayle. In 1920 she toured with her own company, the Eugenie Duggan Company. She later retired from acting and established a drama school. She and Anderson had one child, a daughter, Mary, but were separated at the time of her death on 2 November 1936.
Select theatrical credits
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Cyrano de Bergerac
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East Lynne
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Oliver Twist
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The Silver King'' (1898)
*''A Woman of Pleasure''
*''The Work Girl''
*''A Sailor's Sweetheart''
*''Honor Thy Father''
*''Mariners of England''
*''Night Birds of London''
*''Between Two Women'' (1904)
*''Camille'' (1905)
*''A Girl's Cross Roads''
*''Human Nature''
*''The Female Swindler'' (1905)
*''The Ladder of Life''
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The Squatter's Daughter'' (1907)
*''Man to Man'' (1908)
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Hamlet, Prince of Denmark
''The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark'', often shortened to ''Hamlet'' (), is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare sometime between 1599 and 1601. It is Shakespeare's longest play, with 29,551 words. Set in Denmark, the play depicts ...
'' (1909)
*''The Winning Ticket'' (1910)
*''The Chance of a Lifetime'' (1910)
*''The Christian'' (1911)
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My Mate
''My Mate, or a Bush Love Story'' is an Australian play by Edmund Duggan which was first produced in 1911.
Synopsis
Nellie Moreland returns to her family's farm after being away at school in Sydney for half a dozen years. Two best friends are i ...
'' (1911)
*''When London Sleeps'' (1912)
*''The Girl of the Never Never'' (1912)
*''The Confession'' (1913)
*''The Little Girl God Forgot'' (1920)
References
External links
Eugenie Duggan profile Ausstage.edu; accessed 28 November 2014.
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1872 births
1936 deaths
Irish emigrants to colonial Australia
Australian silent film actresses
19th-century Australian actresses
20th-century Australian actresses
Date of birth missing
Place of birth missing
Australian Shakespearean actresses
Actresses from Melbourne