All Entries Tagged With: "Broadway"
Julian Eltinge
Date of Birth: 14 May 1881 Birth Name: William Dalton Mini Biography: One of the greatest drag performers in the history of the American Theatre. First performed in drag at the age of 10 in an annual revue of the Boston Cadets. Subsequently appeared on Broadway in 1904 in a drag role in Mr. Wix [...]
Donald Elson
Date of Birth: 31 March 1923 Height: 6′ 1″ (1.85 m) Mini Biography: Donald Elson was raised in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood, just a “whoop and a holler” from Hollywood. He was a young college student at the outbreak of WWII. After serving in the Air Force, he attended the Columbia Radio School [...]
Isobel Elsom
Date of Birth: 16 March 1893 Birth Name: Isobel Jeannette Reed Height: 5′ 4″ (1.63 m) Mini Biography: The epitome of opulent, grande dame haughtiness, British character actress Isobel Elsom began on the stage in 1911 and went on to grace a number of silent and sound pictures in England, marrying and divorcing director Maurice [...]
Abe Ellstein
Date of Birth: 9 July 1907 Mini Biography: Composer, conductor and pianist, educated at the Third Street Settlement, the Manhattan School of Music, and Juilliard (on scholarship); a student of Frederic Jacobi, Rubin Goldmark, and Albert Stoessel. He was a member of the Metropolitan Opera’s Children’s Chorus between 1916 and 1920 and sang in the [...]
Jon Ellison
Date of Birth: 15 October 1930 Mini Biography: Jon Ellison began his musical career at age nine as a boy soprano in the Parish Church choir in Whitchurch. As a baritone soloist he later won a prize at the Llangollen International Eisteddfod, prior to arriving at Technical College (where he studied building construction) and joining [...]
Mary Ellis
Date of Birth: 15 June 1897 Birth Name: May Belle Elsas Mini Biography: A promising star first with the Metropolitan Opera than on the Broadway and London stages, soprano Mary Ellis had little chance to prove herself as either a musical or dramatic film star with only a few creaky vehicles left for audiences to [...]
Edward Ellis
Date of Birth: 12 November 1870 Mini Biography: Character actor in films, often portraying strident types, he is best remembered cast as “The Thin Man” (actually, “Wynant”) of the hit 1934 MGM film. He Ellis was active on Broadway as an actor, producer and playwright from 1905-32 (see “Other Works”). He died in Beverly Hills, [...]
Edith Ellis
Date of Birth: 1866 Mini Biography: Edith Ellis was born in Coldwater, Michigan, to Edward C Ellis, playwright and actor, and Ruth McCarty Ellis, an actress. She claimed she was born to the stage, her first part was at age 6, and by 10 she was a star. Two plays were written for her before [...]