Lizzie Conway (April 10, 1846 – May 4, 1916) was an American stage and film actor.
She was born Lizzie Letford on April 10, 1846 in Philadelphia.[1][2][3] Her professional debut was alongside Edwin Forrest in Henry VIII at the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1865.[3][4][2] In her fifty year stage career, her many roles included Bridget in Clyde Fitch's Lover's Lane (1901) at the Manhattan Theatre,[5] Mrs. Michael Cochran in Sydney Rosenfeld's The Aero Club (1907) at the Criterion Theatre,[6] and in Earl W. Mayo's Cape Cod Folks (1906) at the Academy of Music.[7]
She starred in a number of short films from Edison Studios and played the grandmother of Beulah Poynter in Lena Rivers (1914).[8]
She was married to theatrical manager George W. Conway for over fifty years.[3] They had two daughters, actresses Isabel Conway and Bertie Conway.[9]
Filmography
- A Cause for Thankfulness (1913)[10]
- His Undesirable Relatives (1913)[10][11]
- Nora's Boarders (1913)[11]
- The Romance of Rowena (1913)[11]
- Starved Out (1913)[11]
- A Story of a Crime (1914)[10]
- Lena Rivers (1914)[8]
References
- ^ Buffalo Courier Express Sun, Apr 04, 1886 ·Page 7
- ^ a b Times Union Fri, May 05, 1916 ·Page 6
- ^ a b c "CONWAYS' GOLDEN WEDDING; Theatrical Manager and Actress Celebrate Fifty Years' Union". The New York Times. 1914-06-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
- ^ Variety 1916-05-12: Vol 42 Iss 11. Internet Archive. 1916-05-12.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link) - ^ Fitch, Clyde (1915). Lovers' lane; a play in four acts. The Library of Congress. Boston, Little, Brown, and company.
- ^ Our Players' Gallery. Theatre Magazine Company. 1907.
- ^ Mantle, Burns; Chapman, John Arthur; Sherwood, Garrison P. (1944). Burns Mantle Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America. Dodd, Mead.
- ^ a b Ragan, David; Ragan, David Who's who in Hollywood (1992). Who's who in Hollywood : the largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled. Internet Archive. New York : Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-2011-9.
- ^ Michael Kaplan (1988-03-01). Variety Obituaries, 1939SH47. Internet Archive. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-8240-0837-6.
- ^ a b c Spehr, Paul C. (1996). American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920 : filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7.
- ^ a b c d Braff, Richard E. (2002). The Braff silent short film working papers : over 25,000 films, 1903-1929, alphabetized and indexed. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-1031-6.