Lily Cahill (July 17, 1888 – July 20, 1955) was an American stage and screen
actress
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.
Early life
Lily Cahill was born July 17, 1888 in
San Antonio, Texas
("Cradle of Freedom")
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. She was the granddaughter of Confederate Army Colonel John Jacob Myers.
Career
She began her career in 1910 at the age of 15 playing supporting roles in several
silent film
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s directed by
D.W. Griffith
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. In 1911 she was given leading parts in ''A Victim of Circumstances'' and ''The Failure''.
![Lily Cahill 1](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e9/Lily_Cahill_1.jpg)
In 1912 Cahill abandoned her movie career for the stage, making her
Broadway
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debut in the short-lived play ''The Road to Arcady'' by Edith Sessions Tupper. She remained highly active in the New York theatre scene up through 1941. Some of her notable appearances are:
*Roi Cooper Megrue's ''Under Cover'' (1914)
*Brandon Tynan's ''The Melody of Youth'' (1916)
*
Henri Lavedan
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Matheson Lang
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's ''The Purple Mask'' (1920)
*
Owen Davis
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's ''Opportunity'' (1920)
*Arthur Goodrich's ''So This Is London'' (1922)
*
Jesse Lynch Williams
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's ''Lovely Lady'' (1925)
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George S. Kaufman
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Howard Lindsay
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and
Russel Crouse
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Life and career
Born in Findlay, Ohio, Crouse was th ...
's ''
Life With Father
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'' (1941)
She also made appearances on the London stage and was active in regional theatre both in the Northeast United States and in her native Texas.
Cahill returned periodically to films during her career, appearing in ''Colonel Carter of Cartersville'' (1915), ''My Sin'' (1931), and
''So This Is London'' (1939). She also appeared in one episode of the television series ''
The Philco Television Playhouse
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'' in 1953.
Personal life
She was briefly married to Irish-born American actor
Brandon Tynan
Brandon Tynan (born James William Tynan; April 11, 1875 – March 19, 1967) was an Irish-born American stage and screen actor. In his early stage career he appeared with Alla Nazimova on Broadway in her early years after migrating from Russia. He ...
.
["Lilly Cahill", ''Variety'', July 27, 1955, p. 127.]
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1888 births
1955 deaths
American film actresses
American silent film actresses
American stage actresses
20th-century American actresses
People from Lockhart, Texas
Actresses from Texas