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Born on This Day: Ina Claire 1893-1985

15 Thursday Oct 2015

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre

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ina_claire_by_vintagedream_stock-d4qgoo8Of Irish descent, Ina Fagan was born in Washington on October 15, 1893. She never knew her father, who had died in a car accident four months previously. With no family breadwinner, Ina and her mother went to live in a boarding-house. From an early age, Ina had a talent for impersonations, and made her vaudeville debut in 1909 as ‘the dainty mimic’, under her mother’s maiden name of Ina Claire. Continue reading →

Born on This Day: Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)

15 Saturday Aug 2015

Posted by marina72 in Anniversaries, Film, History, Jeanne Eagels, Theatre

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Ethel Barrymore, 1937

Next up in the series profiling major figures in Jeanne Eagels: A Life Revealed is Ethel Barrymore, the grande dame of America’s greatest theatrical dynasty. Continue reading →

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