Allen Doone
Allen Doone
Allen Doone (Edward Allen) (3 Sep 1878 – 4 May 1948) was an Irish-American tenor and comic actor who specialised in Irish romantic dramas. Doone was born in Amboy, Illinois, to Irish Irish immigrants Kate and James Allen.[1]
From 1909 to 1938, Allen had his own theatre company in Australia. He moved back to the USA where he died.[2]
He starred in the feature film The Rebel (1915).[3]
Select theatre credits[]
- The Rebel (1913)
- The Wearing of the Green (1914)[4]
- Lucky O'Shea (1924)
- Sweet County Kerry
- Parish Priest
- In Old Donegal
- Molly Bawa
References[]
- ^ "Allen Doone (1878-1948)". Find a Grave. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "Allen Doone Dies After Operation". The Barrier Miner. Broken Hill, NSW: National Library of Australia. 12 May 1948. p. 2. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
- ^ Andrew Pike and Ross Cooper, Australian Film 1900–1977: A Guide to Feature Film Production, Melbourne: Oxford University Press, 1998, p 53
- ^ "ALLEN DOONE". The Sunday Times. Perth: National Library of Australia. 6 September 1914. p. 16. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
External links[]
Media related to Allen Doone at Wikimedia Commons- Allen Doone at Find a Grave
- Allen Doone at the Internet Broadway Database
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- 1878 births
- 1948 deaths
- American tenors
- 20th-century American male actors
- People from Amboy, Illinois
- American male stage actors
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