Suzanne Caubet (September 27, 1898 – June 1980), also known as Suzanne Caubaye, was a French actress, singer, and writer.

Early life

Suzanne Caubet was born in

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to French parents. She was raised in Paris, and knew her godmother

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through her father Prospere Caubet and uncle, Georges Deneubourg, both actors. She was a child actor and traveled with Bernhardt's company to the United States, where Caubet stayed after 1919.

Career

Caubet was based in New York as an actress. "Miss Caudet has the distinct advantage of being a striking brunette," the New York Times observed of her appearance in 1919. She appeared on Broadway in ''Du Theatre au Champ D'Honneur'' (1917), ''Easy Terms'' (1925), ''The Squall'' (1926-1927), ''Ringside'' (1928), ''Seven'' (1929-1930), ''The Plutocrat'' (1930), ''Dancing Partner'' (1930), ''The Great Barrington'' (1931), ''Angeline Moves In'' (1932), ''Singapore'' (1932), ''The Monster'' (1933), ''Another Love'' (1934), ''Broadway Interlude'' (1934), ''Symphony'' (1935), ''American Holiday'' (1936), ''Claudia'' (1942), ''It's a Gift'' (1945), and ''Mid-Summer'' (1953). In 1955 she appeared in "The File Clerk", an episode of the television anthology series '' I Spy''.

Writing

Caubet wrote a play with Anne Partridge, ''Our Sarah'' (1945), about Sarah Bernhardt, and comedies ''Riri'' (1929, with Daniel Auschitzky), and ''Just You, Madame'' (1932). She also adapted Daniel Auschitzky's ''Hide and Seek'' (1929). Under the pseudonym "Jeanne Caubannes" she wrote ''Ranah'' (1928) with Wood Soanes.

Other activities

In 1938 Caubet was teaching in the drama department at Marymount College and directing a Christmas pageant at the school. In 1942, she served as a French language specialist for the wartime Postal Censorship Office, while also appearing in a Broadway show.

Personal life

Suzanne Caubet married actor and playwright Crane Wilbur in 1922. They divorced in 1928. She died in 1980, aged 81 years, at the Actors' Fund Home in

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. Her papers are archived in the

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's Billy Rose Theatre Division.Suzanne Caubaye Papers, 1919-1979
Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library.

References

External links

A 1919 Sarony photograph of Suzanne Caubet
in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
A 1930 White Studio portrait of Suzanne Caubaye
in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York. * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Caubet, Suzanne 1898 births 1980 deaths French women singers French actresses French women writers 20th-century French women