Eva Le GallienneAKA:
Eva LeGallienne
Nationality:
English Birthdate:
01/11/1899 Birthplace:
London, England Death Date:
06/03/1991 Celeb News
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biography
This legendary stage star won renown for her performances on Broadway, in productions by the repertory theater she founded, including "Liliom" (1921) and "The Swan" (1923). In the 1930s, she played the lead in "Peter Pan", the White Queen in "Alice in Wonderland", Juliet in "Romeo and Juliet", and the lead in a summer production of "Hamlet" (1937) which she also staged.In 1926, Le Gallienne founded a national repertory theater, the Civic Repertory Theater in New York, similar to England's Old Vic, which presented the classics at popular prices ($1.50 top ticket price). She not only starred in
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Year
Milestone
Parents divorced when Le Gallienne was four; moved with mother to Paris
1914
Stage debut (walk-on role) in Maeterlinck's "Monna Vanna" in London at age 15
1915
Left London during WWI with mother for New York
1915
New York stage debut, "Mrs. Boltay's Daughter"
First two plays in which Le Gallienne appeared in New York were failures; dismissed from cast of another play during out-of-town tryouts; spent season on road and in summer stock
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