Alice Russon was an Irish actress, singer, and dancer in musical comedies and in silent films.
Alice Russon | |
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| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
Early life
editCareer
editOn stage, Russon appeared in The Girl from Kay's (1904),[2] Cinderella (1907), The Belle of Mayfair (1907),[3] Mr. George (1907),[4] Little Red Riding Hood (1908),[5] The Arcadians (1911),[6] Ready Money (1912-1913),[7] Something Simple (1916), and Anthony in Wonderland (1917). She was on a variety show bill with Will Rogers headlining, at the Palace Theatre in Oklahoma in 1906.[8] In 1912 and 1913, she was in Australia,[9] where she starred in a pantomime show, Puss in Boots, in Melbourne.[10] A reviewer in Atlanta, Georgia in 1910 described her as "one of the daintiest and most winsome little women who ever trod the land that lies beyond the footlights in Atlanta."[11]
In 1911, while working in San Francisco, California, she submitted a proposal for a "theatorium" at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition to be held in that city in 1915.[12]
British silent films featuring Alice Russon include All Men Are Liars (1919), After Many Days (1918) and Democracy (1918).[13]
Personal life
editShe married a fellow actor, Vernon Davidson. They had at least one child by 1913.[14][15] She owned a camera and enjoyed taking photos when she was travelling for work.[16]
References
edit- ^ "Miss Russon of 'The Arcadians' is an O'Connor of Dublin" San Francisco Chronicle (19 February 1911): 23. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Prince's Theatre: The Girl from Kay's" The Guardian (22 November 1904): 6. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Gaiety Theatre" The Guardian (19 February 1907): 9. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Mr. George, a Comedy by Louis N. Parker, at the Vaudeville Theatre" Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (18 May 1907): 452.
- ^ "Little Red Riding Hood" The Observer (27 December 1908): 7. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Edward F. O'Day, "In Arcady and Elsewhere" San Francisco Daily Times (19 February 1911): 18.
- ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013). ISBN 9780810893009
- ^ Richard Irving Dodge and Will Rogers, The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge (University of Oklahoma Press 2000): 297 note 1. ISBN 9780806132679
- ^ Dria, "A Chat with Miss Alice Russon (Principal Girl)" Critic (3 September 1913): 17. via Trove
- ^ C. R. B., "Greenroom Gossip" Punch (12 December 1912): 42. via Trove
- ^ "Arcadian Music Draws Big Crowds to Orpheum" Atlanta Constitution (27 December 1910): 2.
- ^ "Stage Topics" Des Moines Register (16 April 1911): 22. via Newspapers.com
- ^ Denis Gifford, ed., British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film (Routledge 2016). ISBN 9781317740629
- ^ "Miss Alice Russon" Barrier Miner (8 September 1913): 8. via Trove
- ^ "Fact and Rumour" Punch (13 February 1913): 26. via Trove
- ^ "Alice with her Camera" The Sun (16 March 1913): 15. via Trove
External links
edit- Alice Russon at IMDb
- Alice Russon at the British Film Institute[better source needed]
- The collection of the National Portrait Gallery (UK) includes seven photographs of Alice Russon, all by Bassano Ltd.
- "Alice Russon in Cinderella, Edinburgh" (1904), photograph in the National Archives (UK)