Teresa Maxwell-Conover
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Teresa Maxwell-Conover | |
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Born | Louisville, Kentucky, U.S. | September 26, 1884
Died | September 1968 Levittown, New York, U.S. | (aged 83–84)
Occupation | Actress |
Teresa Maxwell-Conover (born Teresa Ryan;
Early years
Born and raised in Louisville, Kentucky,[2] Maxwell-Conover was the daughter of Reverend Dan Ryan,[1] an Episcopal[2] or Methodist minister. She had a brother, Dolph Ryan.[3]
When she was a child, Maxwell-Conover desire to be an actress was so strong that she performed on a stump to an audience of chickens and ducks on her uncle's property.
Stage career
With no acting experience, Maxwell-Conover went to New York seeking to become an actress. A personal visit with the author and manager of The Purple Lady, which was then being presented, led to her portraying Peggy Proudfoot in that play a few weeks later.[2]
Maxwell-Conover was the leading lady in a stage production of The Purple Lady in New Orleans in 1899.[2] She acted in Nashville, Tennessee, beginning in 1900 and continued there at least through 1902.[4]
Maxwell-Conover's New York City debut came at the New Theatre in the four-act play, Nobody's Daughter, in February 1911. As "Mrs. Frampton" she was complimented by a reviewer in The New York Times for having rendered "a beautiful performance." He described her as "an actress of unusual distinction in appearance and manner, dresses exquisitely, and plays with great naturalness and simplicity a role somewhat indefinitely outlined by the dramatist."
She was in the company of Gertrude Elliott in the
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In September 1912 she was in the first
in January 1913.To-Day, a three-act play given at the 48th Street Theatre in October 1913, concentrates on the "worship of money" in the United States. Maxwell-Conover, as "Mrs Garland", and Emily Stevens, are applauded by a reviewer for their acting. The same observer thought the production was an "indecent, vicious play", particularly because of its "utterly malicious insinuations".
On December 15, 1913, Maxwell-Conover was at the Lyceum in The Cassillis Engagement with
The
Emily Stevens was the
A critic was complimentary of the play's two sets which were representative of what was then a new art of "residential decoration" being employed on Broadway. The entire cast proved skilled in speaking their lines. The reviewer's overall impression was positive. He wrote that the production reminded him of the finest he had witnessed at the Morosco Theatre.
In Madonna of the Future Maxwell-Conover wore a frock of brown satin and lace. The skirt was draped low in zouave effect. The front panel was composed of brown mesh lace threaded in gold. The bodice was made of lace in back and satin in front. The waistline featured brown ribbon velvet. The costume was completed by a string of brown wooden beads and a flat sailor hat.
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She was in plays which toured various cities by 1919. One of these was My Lady Friends (1919) with comedian Clifton Crawford. Maxwell-Conover starred with William Hodge in Fixing Sister in Fitchburg, Massachusetts in December 1926. She continued to play in theatrical productions after her motion picture career hit full stride in the 1920s. In 1928 she acted the role of the mother in Your Uncle Dudley while playing in a society comedy called The Last of Mrs. Cheney.
Films
Maxwell-Conover debuted as a film actress as "Mrs. Layton du Roc" in Just Sylvia (1918). She supported Elaine Hammerstein in The Daughter Pays (1920). Hammerstein played a woman who strives to maintain her family's finances despite having a mother who squanders money. Constance Talmadge was showcased in Polly of the Follies (1922). Maxwell-Conover is cast as a Long Island society woman in the First National Pictures comedy.
Brief Moment (1933) is a Carole Lombard and Gene Raymond movie based on a play. It was released by Columbia Pictures. Maxwell-Conover is a supporting actress who plays the part of "Mrs. Deane". She played Mrs. Archer in the 1934 film The Age of Innocence.
Her later film appearances include
Personal
She was married to Wall Street broker John Thompson Conover III.[1]
She enjoyed outdoor sports and activities, especially horseback riding.
Filmography
Year | Film | Role | Director | Notes |
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1918 | Just Sylvia | |||
1920 | The Daughter Pays | Robert Ellis | ||
1922 | Polly of the Follies | John Emerson | Lost film | |
The Light in the Dark | Clarence Brown | |||
When Knighthood Was in Flower | Robert G. Vignola | |||
1924 | Yolanda | Robert G. Vignola | ||
1925 | I Want My Man | Lambert Hillyer | Lost film | |
1927 | The Lunatic at Large | Fred C. Newmeyer | Lost film | |
1930 | Queen High | Fred C. Newmeyer | ||
1932 | The All American | Russell Mack | ||
The Kid from Spain | Leo McCarey | |||
Men of America | Ralph Ince | |||
Silver Dollar | Alfred E. Green | |||
1933 | Brief Moment | David Burton | ||
1934 | Gallant Lady | Gregory La Cava | ||
Half a Sinner | Kurt Neumann | |||
Chained | Clarence Brown | |||
The Age of Innocence | Philip Moeller | |||
The Mighty Barnum | Walter Lang | |||
1935 | Night Life of the Gods | Lowell Sherman | ||
Mississippi | A. Edward Sutherland | |||
Reckless | Victor Fleming | |||
Peter Ibbetson | Henry Hathaway | |||
1936 | Rainbow on the River | George Sherman | ||
1937 | Two Wise Maids | Phil Rosen | ||
1941 | Free and Easy | George Sidney Edward Buzzell (uncredited) |
Sources
- "Amusements". Daily Kennebec County, Maine Journal. July 24, 1928. p. 12.
- "My Lady Friends Pleases Large Audience". Dunkirk, New York Evening Observer. November 12, 1919. p. 1.
- "The Movies". Dunkirk Evening Observer. June 20, 1921. p. 12.
- "Chatter of the Stage Stars and Screen". Fitchburg Sentinel. December 4, 1926. p. 5.
- "Nobody's Daughter At The New Theatre". New York Times. February 14, 1911. p. 8.
- "New Plays That Bid For Favor". New York Times. February 25, 1912. p. X9.
- "David Belasco's Plans". New York Times. August 22, 1912. p. 9.
- "To-Day Is Vicious By Intent And Aim". New York Times. October 7, 1913. p. 13.
- "No Title". New York Times. December 7, 1913. p. C11.
- "No Title". New York Times. January 31, 1915. p. X8.
- "The Impresario And The Alligator". New York Times. February 7, 1915. p. X4.
- "Second Thoughts On First Nights". New York Times. April 18, 1915. p. X6.
- "The Week In The Theatres". New York Times. September 7, 1915. p. 13.
- "Emily Stevens As Cubistic Madonna". New York Times. January 29, 1918. p. 13..
- "Stage Costumes Reflect Spring Styles". Ogden, Utah Standard. March 23, 1918. p. 23.
- "Women Getting Too Far From Home Life". Syracuse Herald. May 11, 1919. p. 66.
- "Coming To The Theaters". Washington Post. January 12, 1913. p. 31.
Notes
- New York TimesDecember 17, 1912. Page 23.
References
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External links
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