Edith Kelly (1880 – December 1960)[1] was an English actress, best known for her work in the theatre production of Havana in 1908.
Edith Kelly | |
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.jpg) Edith Kelly in Havana, 1908 | |
| Died | Washington |
| Nationality | English |
| Occupation | Actress |
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Biography
editKelly was born in 1880. Her father was a window frame maker in Camberwell.[2] She is the older sister to Hetty Kelly who is best known for being the first love of Charlie Chaplin. She also had a brother, Arthur, who was an executive for United Artists, which Chaplin co-founded.[2]
Kelly married Frank Jay Gould, the son of Jay Gould, a wealthy American businessman. She and Frank married in 1910 in Scotland and she took his last name of Gould; they later moved to Paris, France and remained married for nine years. They divorced in 1919; this divorce was highly publicised within French newspapers due to the amount of money it involved, and the circumstances which caused it. After the divorce was settled in France, she re-opened the case in America in order to increase the financial settlement. She was quoted in the American press advising girls "not to marry the idle rich".[3]
Kelly later remarried the English filmmaker Albert de Courville in 1927. There were fears that this marriage would not happen due to the physical condition de Courville was in before the marriage; he was in hospital. De Courville later recovered sufficiently to allow the marriage to happen on 26 May at a registry office.[4] Kelly remained married to de Courville until her death in December 1960 in Washington, DC.
References
edit- ^ Stage deaths : a biographical guide to international theatrical obituaries, 1850 to 1990. New York: Greenwood Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-313-27593-7.
- ^ a b "Reunions, Romance and Remembrance in Tales of Wartime Lives"[permanent dead link], Bristol Post, News section, April 8, 2014. Accessed 5 April 2016. The biographical material on Hetty is found in an email, reprinted in this article, written by Chaplin's biographer David Robinson.
- ^ Humanities, National Endowment for the (29 May 1919). "The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, May 29, 1919, Final Edition, Image 3". ISSN 1941-0654. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
- ^ "DE COURVILLE IS WED TO EDITH KELLY GOULD; Bridegroom Leaves Hospital in London and Returns After Ceremony at Registrar's. - The New York Times". The New York Times. 23 February 2022. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
External links
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Media related to Edith Kelly at Wikimedia Commons
