Haidee Wright (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as Ada Wright, was a London born English
character actress
A character actor is a supporting actor who plays unusual, interesting, or eccentric characters.28 April 2013, The New York Acting SchoolTen Best Character Actors of All Time Retrieved 7 August 2014, "..a breed of actor who has the ability to be ...
. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United Kingdom and the United States with much Broadway work with occasional parts in films. Her parents and many siblings were actors. One of her brothers was
Huntley Wright
Huntley Wright (7 August 1868 – 10 July 1941) was an English stage and film actor, comedian, dancer and singer, best known for creating roles in many important Edwardian musical comedies.
His career spanned more than half a century, beginnin ...
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Selected plays
*''The Passing of the Third Floor Back (1908)''
*''The Royal Family (1927)''
Partial filmography
* ''
Evidence'' (1915)
* ''
The Winning Goal'' (1920)
* ''
Aunt Rachel'' (1920)
* ''
Colonel Newcome'' (1920)
* ''
Demos'' (1921)
* ''
The Old Country
''The Old Country'' is a 1921 British silent drama film directed by A. V. Bramble and starring Gerald McCarthy, Kathleen Vaughan and Haidee Wright.
Cast
* Gerald McCarthy – James Fountain
* Kathleen Vaughan – Mary Lorimer
* Haidee Wr ...
'' (1921)
* ''
The Glorious Adventure'' (1922)
* ''
A Bachelor's Baby
''A Bachelor's Baby'' is a 1922 British silent comedy film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Constance Worth, Malcolm Tod and Tom Reynolds.Low p.333
Cast
* Constance Worth as Peggy Woodward
* Malcolm Tod as Lieutenant Jimmy Barton
* ...
'' (1922)
* ''
Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1923)
* ''
Strange Evidence
''Strange Evidence'' (also known as ''Dance of the Witches'', and ''Wife in Pawn'') is a 1933 British crime film directed by Robert Milton, produced by Alexander Korda and written by Lajos Bíró and Miles Malleson. Starring Leslie Banks, Geo ...
'' (1933)
* ''
The Blarney Stone
The Blarney Stone ( ga, Cloch na Blarnan) is a block of Carboniferous limestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle, Blarney, about from Cork, Ireland. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with ''the gift of the g ...
'' (1933)
* ''
Tomorrow We Live'' (1936)
References
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1867 births
1943 deaths
English stage actresses
English film actresses
English silent film actresses
Actresses from London
20th-century English actresses