Isabel Irving
Isabel Irving | |
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 Isabel Irving, ca. 1907 | |
| Born | February 28, 1871 |
| Died | September 1, 1944 (aged 73) Nantucket, Massachusetts |
| Years active | 1887–1936 |
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Isabel Irving (1871–1944) was an American stage actress.
Biography[]
Isabel Irving was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 28, 1871, to Charles Washington and Isabella Irving[1] and made her New York stage debut in 1886[2] (or 1888[3]) at the Standard Theatre in The Schoolmistress under Rosina Vokes.[4]
Irving made her London debut at the Lyceum Theatre in 1890 as Daisy in Nancy and Company.[2]
In 1894, she signed a three-year contract with the manager of the Lyceum Theatre in New York stipulating "for the first time in her short career on stage," that she shall have "leading business."[4] Until that time she had played the ingenue or other small parts.[4]
In 1899, after a secret engagement, Irving married the actor who died in 1923.[3]
In 1907, an Oregon newspaper (The Morning Oregonian) called her a "brilliant American actress" and "a charming actress and comedienne" during her national tour performance there in Susan In Search of a Husband.[5][6]
She retired from her long career in theater in 1936 after completing her final tour in Three Wise Fools. She died in 1944 in Nantucket at 73.[1][2]
Selected Appearances[]
Irving appeared in numerous productions during her 50-year career.[1][4][2][7]
- The Schoolmistress (as Gwendoline)
- Pantomime Rehearsal
- Nancy and Company (as Daisy)
- Gwynee's Oath (as the ingenue)
- Popping the Question (as the waiting maid)
- The Great Unknown (as Pansy)
- As You Like It (as Audrey)
- A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Oberon)
- The Hunchback (as Helen)
- The Last Word (as Miss Rutherell)
- The Arabian Nights (as Maitland)
- Needles and Pins
- The Critic
- The Lottery of Love
- The Cabinet Minister
- She Stoops to Conquer
- Merry Wives of Windsor
- The Age of Innocence
- Uncle Vanya
- Three Wise Fools
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's Who of America: a Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, American Commonwealth Company, pg. 423. ISBN 0810340186
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "ISABEL IRVIN6, 3, ACTRESS 50 Years; Star in Companies of Vokes, Daly and Frohman Dies-Played Opposite Drew". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b "MISS ISABEL IRVING WEDS.; Ceremony performed in New Jersey Unltes the Actress to Thompson, the Actor". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d "ISABEL IRVING'S PLANS.; The Young Actress to be a Member of Mr. Frohman's Company". timesmachine.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2019-11-21.
- ^ Library, University of Oregon, Knight (1907-02-01). "Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 01, 1907, Image 14" (1907/02/01): 14. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Library, University of Oregon, Knight (1907-02-02). "Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 02, 1907, Image 14" (1907/02/02): 14. Cite journal requires
|journal=(help) - ^ Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. American Commonwealth Company. 1914. p. 423. ISBN 978-0-8103-4018-3.
External links[]
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Isabel Irving. |
- Isabel Irving at the Internet Broadway Database
- Isabel Irving photo gallery at the NYP Library
- Actors Colony of Siasconset from the Nantucket Historical Association Digital Exhibition 'Sconset 02564
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- 1871 births
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- Actresses from Bridgeport, Connecticut
- 19th-century American actresses
- American stage actresses
- 20th-century American actresses