Selene Knapp Johnson (February 20, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American stage and silent film

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. Johnson was born in

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but lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, later. In the mid-1890s she graduated from the

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. While Johnson was a student in the academy, she obtained the leading female role in ''The Girl I Left Behind Me''. Another of her early performances was in ''The Great Diamond Robbery.'' Stock theater companies with which she worked included Acazar in San Francisco, Columbia Theatre in Washington, D. C., and Salisbury in Milwaukee. Johnson performed in silent cinema, including''

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'' (1918).University of Michigan, ''The Green Book Magazine, Volumen 8''- Story-Press association, 1912; pg. 516; Johnson was married to

Lumsden Hare Francis Lumsden Hare (17 October 1874 – 28 August 1964) was an Irish-born film and theatre actor. He was also a theatre director and theatrical producer. Early years Hare studied at St. Dunstan's College in London. Career Hare appeared ...

, and she died in

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, USA.

Plays

*''The Golden Age'' as Margaret Barnes (1928) *''The Title'' as Mrs. Culver (1921) *''Peter's Mother'' (1918) *''Ourselves'' (1913) *''The Return from Jerusalem'' (1912) *''The Dollar Mark'' (1909) *''Disengaged'' (1909) *''Irene Wycherley'' (1908) *'' The Squaw Man'' (1905-1906) *''Abigail'' (1905) *''

The Man of Destiny ''The Man of Destiny'' is an 1897 play by George Bernard Shaw, set in Italy during the early career of Napoleon. It was published as a part of ''Plays Pleasant'', which also included ''Arms and the Man'', '' Candida'' and '' You Never Can Tell.' ...

'' / ''How He Lied to Her Husband'' as herself (1904) *''Audrey'' (1902-1903) *''Frou-Frou'' (1902) *''Monte Cristo'' as Mercedes (1900-1901) *''A Rich Man's Son'' (1899) *''

Peter Stuyvesant Peter Stuyvesant (; in Dutch also ''Pieter'' and ''Petrus'' Stuyvesant, ; 1610 – August 1672)Mooney, James E. "Stuyvesant, Peter" in p.1256 was a Dutch colonial officer who served as the last Dutch director-general of the colony of New Net ...

'' (1899)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnson, Selene American stage actresses American silent film actresses 1876 births 1960 deaths 19th-century American actresses 20th-century American actresses Broadway theatre people