Eugene A. Eberle (1840–1917) was a Broadway actor who appeared in over 60 productions, including Edwin Booth's Hamlet in 1864–65, in which he played the gravedigger.[1][permanent dead link] [1]
Born in Bangor, Maine, Eberle made his debut as Paris in a Bangor production of Romeo and Juliet.[2] By the early 1900s he was in the touring company of acclaimed actor Otis Skinner.[3] His wife, Mary Tyrell (1841-1919), (who performed on stage as Mrs. E. A. Eberle) was a sixty-year veteran of the American Stage [4] They celebrated their 50th Year Wedding Anniversary in 1917.[5]
Eberle's father Charles L. Eberle was a native of Philadelphia, and also an actor. His mother was Rachel Apherton, a descendant of Gen. Humphrey Apherton.[6] The senior Eberle was killed on board the steamboat "Lexington" when it was burned on Long Island Sound. The younger Eberle was educated in the schools of Boston. He was married to Mrs. Mary Tyrell, of Scotland, also an actress.[2]
References
edit- ^ "Eugene A. Eberle". Internet Broadway Database. Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ Obit., New York Times, Oct. 24, 1917
- ^ Des Moines Leader, Oct. 18, 1901, p. 5
- ^ "Mrs. E. A. Eberle Dies after More than Sixty Years on Stage". Buffalo Morning Express and Buffalo Illustrated Express. August 15, 1919. p. 4. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ "Aged Actors' Golden Wedding". The Philadelphia Inquirer. February 5, 1917. p. 20. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
- ^ James Fisher; Felicia Hardison Londre' (22 November 2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theatre: Modernism (Second ed.). Bowman & Littlefield. p. 209. ISBN 9781538107867. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
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