Nina Boucicault
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Born | Nina Boucicault 27 February 1867 London, England |
Died | 2 August 1950 | (aged 83)
Occupation | Actress |
Parent(s) | Dion Boucicault Agnes Kelly Robertson |
Nina Boucicault (27 February 1867 – 2 August 1950) was an English-born actress, daughter of the Irish playwright Dion Boucicault and his wife, actress Agnes Kelly Robertson.[1] She had three brothers, Dion William (1855–1876), Dion Boucicault Jr. and Aubrey Boucicault, and two sisters, Eva and Patrice.
Boucicault's debut was at the Louisville Opera House, and as a child she performed with her father.
Boucicault retired from the stage in 1927, returning in 1935 and 1936 in Frolic Wind and Waste, respectively, while continuing her film career. She died at Hamilton Road, Ealing.[5] She was married three times: first to G. D. Pitman; then to E. H. Kelly; and finally to Donald Innes-Smith.[6]
Selected filmography
- Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
- Miriam Rozella (1924)
- This Week of Grace (1933)
- Oh, What a Night (1935)
- Juggernaut (1936)
- Strange Boarders (1938)
- Follow Your Star (1938)
References
- ^ "Nina Boucicault". Oxford Reference.
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(help) - ^ "Music and the Drama". The Week: A Canadian Journal of Politics, Literature, Science and Arts. 1 (13): 205. 28 February 1884. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
- ISBN 9781408131480.
- ISBN 9780786486199.
- ^ Law, Cheryl. Women – A Modern Political Dictionary, Bloomsbury (2000), p. 31
- ^ Parker, John. Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, Pitman (1933), p. 282
External links
- Boucicault Family Tree
- Nina Boucicault at IMDB.com
- Nina Boucicault at Stagebeauty.net
- Nina Boucicault portrait as Peter Pan from Flickr
- Nina Boucicault portrait as a young woman in Melbourne Australia sitting