Helen Lackaye (January 10, 1883 – October 19, 1940) was an American actress.
Life and career
Lackaye was born on January 10, 1883, in
Washington, D.C.
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She was the sister of actors
Wilton Lackaye
Wilton Lackaye (September 30, 1862 – August 22, 1932) was an American stage and film actor, who originated the role of Svengali (from the 1895 novel ''Trilby'') in both stage and film.
Early life
William Andrew Lackey was born in Loudoun Count ...
and James Lackaye and attended school at Holy Cross Convent in Washington, D. C.
Lackaye debuted on stage in New York City in ''Ninety and Nine'' at the Academy of Music, after which she performed with Amelia Bingham's repertory company. She debuted on Broadway portraying Hippolyta in ''A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1903).
She was married to Harry J. Ridings, who managed the Cohan Grand Opera House in Chicago.
Lackaye died on October 19, 1940, on a Baltimore and Ohio train travelling through
Pennsylvania
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Jersey City, New Jersey
Jersey City is the second-most populous city in the U.S. state of New Jersey, after Newark.
At the time of her death, Lackaye had been living in
New York
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* New York (state), a state in the northeastern United States
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for twelve years and had effectively retired from acting. The previous year she had taught
dramatics
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in
Cincinnati
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,
Ohio
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Filmography
In theatre
* ''She Walked in Her Sleep'' (1918)
* ''Crooked Gamblers'' (1920) as Mrs. Robertson
* ''As Ye Mould'' (1921) as Mrs. J. Lomax Graham
* ''
Captain Applejack
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'' (1921) as Mrs. Pengard
* ''Izzy'' (1924) as Mary Byrd
* ''90 Horse Power'' (1926) as Mrs. Charles Loring
* ''Gentle Grafters'' (1926) as Kitty Doyle
* ''Revolt'' (1928) as Mrs. Emily Pasteel