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Maxine Elliott 1871 ~ 1940
Maxine Elliott
Was born at Rockland, Maine, February 5,
1871. She was educated at the Notre Dame Academy, Roxbury,
Massachusetts, and made her first appearance on the stage at
Palmer's Theatre, New York, November 10, 1890, as Felicia
Umfraville, in "The Middleman," with E. S. Willard,
when Mr. Willard made his debut on the American stage. She also
played with him in "John Needham's Double," taking the
part of Virginia Fleetwood.' She has appeared in "A Fool's
Paradise," "Judah," "The Professor's Love
Story," "The Prodigal Daughter," "The Voyage
of Suzette," "Sister Mary," "London Assurance,"
"Diplomacy," "A Woman of No Importance," and "For-get-Me-Not,"
and in January, 1895, she was a member of the late Augustin
Daly's Company, at the Daly Theatre, in New York, in "The
Heart of Ruby," "The Two Gentlemen of Verona," "Nancy
and Company," "The Honeymoon," "A Mid-summer
Night's Dream," and "The Two Escutcheons."
Her first appearance in London was made at the Daly Theatre,
July 2, 1895, as Sylvia in "The Two Gentlemen of Verona";
and she also played during this engagement in "A Midsummer
Night's Dream". In 1896, she appeared at the Fifth Avenue
Theatre as Eleanor Cuthbert in "A House of Cards." In
1896 she was married to Nat Goodwin, and accompanied him on a
tour to Australia. She appeared in "A Gilded Fool," "An
American Citizen," "In Mizzoura," "Nathan Hale,"
and "The Cowboy and the Lady." She appeared at the Duke
of York's Theatre, London, June 5, 1899, in the last mentioned
part. At the Knickerbocker Theatre, New York, in 1900, she
appeared in "When We Were Twenty-one," and in 1901, as
Portia in "The Merchant of Venice." At the Comedy
Theatre, London.
September, 1901, she played in "When We Were Twenty-one."
In 1902, she toured the United States in "The Altar of
Friendship." In 1903, she appeared as a "star" for the
first time under the management of Charles B. Dillingham, in "Her
Own Way," which after touring several cities in the United
States was produced at the Lyric Theatre, London, in 1905. In
August, 1905, she played "Jo" Sheldon in "Her Great Match,"
and was seen at the Criterion in this part later. In 1907, she
again appeared in London at the Lyric Theatre as Mary Hamilton
in "Under the Greenwood Tree," returning to the United
States and appearing at the Garrick Theatre, December 25, 1907.
Women of
America
Source: The Part Taken by Women in
American History, By Mrs. John A. Logan, Published by The Perry-Nalle
Publishing Company, Wilmington, Delaware, 1912.
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