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Born: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Father: John Ellsler, a stage actor and manager
Mother: Euphemia Murray, stage actress
Spouse: Frank Weston (? - 28 January 1922, his death)
An American theatre and film actress.
Her parents were both popular theatre actors and her father ran the leading playhouse in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Ellser made her acting debut there while still a child and for many years played supporting and ingenue roles, acting with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John McCullough and other celebrities during their Cleveland visits.
Ellsler came to New York in 1880, making a sensation in her ve
Born: Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
Father: John Ellsler, a stage actor and manager
Mother: Euphemia Murray, stage actress
Spouse: Frank Weston (? - 28 January 1922, his death)
An American theatre and film actress.
Her parents were both popular theatre actors and her father ran the leading playhouse in their hometown of Cleveland, Ohio. Ellser made her acting debut there while still a child and for many years played supporting and ingenue roles, acting with Edwin Booth, Lawrence Barrett, John McCullough and other celebrities during their Cleveland visits.
Ellsler came to New York in 1880, making a sensation in her very first part, the title role of 'Hazel Kirke'. She won ecstatic notices for her forceful yet natural portrayal of the character, which she played for three years.
Thereafter, however, Ellser's choices of starring parts were ill‐advised. She appeared in numerous unsuccessful melodramas: 'Courage' (1883), 'Storm Beaten' (1883), 'Woman Against Woman' (1886), 'The Keepsake' (1888) and 'Judge Not' (1888).
For most of the 1890s she toured in road companies and in 1900 headed the tour of 'Barbara Frietchie'. Three years later she was Jessica to Maxine Elliott's Portia in 'The Merchant of Venice'.
Minor roles in a number of plays followed before Ellsler scored one last hit as Cornelia Van Gorder, who rents a summer home and finds herself in the middle of a murder, in 'The Bat' (1920).
In 1922, on being informed of her husband's death, she felt obliged to go on with an evening performance for lack of an understudy.
At one time held the record for the longest run on Broadway (480 performances).
Her film roles include: 'Old Ironsides' (1926), 'Honeymoon Hate' (1927), 'The Actress' (1928), 'Song O' My Heart' (1929), 'Woman Trap' (1929), 'The Lady of Scandal' (1930), 'The Front Page' (1931), 'Daddy Long Legs' (1931), 'Up Pops the Devil' (1931), 'Second Hand Wife' (1933), 'The Girl in 419' (1933), 'Doctor Bull' (1933), 'The Chief' (1933), 'Hold That Girl' (1934), 'The Whole Town's Talking' (1935), 'Black Fury' (1935), 'We're Only Human' (1935) and 'Camille' (1936) .
Died: Hollywood, California, USA of a heart attack.
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