Lawrence Marston (June 8, 1857 – February 1, 1939) was an American actor, playwright, producer, stage director and film director.[citation needed]

Biography

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Marston was born to a Jewish family in Hammerstadt, Bohemia, Austrian Empire (now Vlastějovice in the Czech Republic).[1] Naturalized in Chicago, he lived mainly in New York City.[2] After working as an actor, producer and director for the stage, he became a film director with the Biograph Studios.[3]

His first wife was actress Lillian Lewis, who he married in 1888.[4]

Marston's second wife Anna Cornelia Delves was billed as Mrs. Lawrence Marston.[5] With her, he had his only daughter, Anna Lawrence Marston, who was baptized Catholic at age 12.[6]

Lawrence Marston died February 1, 1939, in Manhattan.[7] His ashes were interred into the mausoleum of Ferncliff Cemetery.[citation needed]

Works

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Playwright
  • An Innocent Sinner (1896)
  • The Widow Goldstein (1897)
  • For Liberty and Love (1897)
  • The Helmet of Navarre (1901)
  • The Penitent (1902) from Hall Caine's novel A Son of Hagar
  • The Little Mother (1902)
  • A Remarkable Case (1902)
  • After Midnight (1904)
  • When the World Sleeps (1905)
  • Jeanne D'arc (1906)
Screenwriter
  • The Warfare of the Flesh (1917) scenario
  • The Border Legion (1918)
  • A Man of Iron (1925) adaptation
Stage director
Film director

References

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  1. ^ Marston (1923). "United States Passport Applications, 1795-1925". FamilySearch.
  2. ^ Robert E. Weir (1996) Beyond Labor's Veil: The Culture of the Knights of Labor, Penn State Press
  3. ^ Robert Grau (1914) The Theatre of Science
  4. ^ "Lewis, Lillian". Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events. D. Appleton & Company. 1900. p. 617.
  5. ^ Marston (1934). "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949". FamilySearch.
  6. ^ Marston (1913). "New Jersey Births and Christenings, 1660-1980". FamilySearch.
  7. ^ Marston (1939). "New York, New York City Municipal Deaths, 1795-1949". FamilySearch.
  8. ^ William J. Mann (2007) Kate: The Woman Who Was Hepburn , Macmillan and Co. ISBN 978-0-312-42740-5
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