Rebekah Earle Cauble (May 8, 1901 – November 23, 1963), also known as Rhea Cauble and later as Rebekah Halee, was an American stage actress.
Rebekah Cauble | |
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 Rebekah Cauble, from a 1924 publication | |
| Born | Rebekah Earle Cauble May 8, 1901 Greenville, South Carolina |
| Died | November 23, 1963 Long Beach, New York |
| Other names | Becky Cauble, Rhea Cauble, Rebekah Faulkner, Rebekah Halee |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Children | 3, including Roy Halee |
Early life
editCauble was born in Greenville, South Carolina,[1] the daughter of Charles L. Cauble and Felicia Folger Cauble.[2] Her father, a railroad engineer, was killed in an accidental train derailment in 1905.[3] She moved to Atlanta,[4] then to New York in her youth.[5] She attended Salem College, a Moravian women's school in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.[2] Her older sister Miriam was also an actress, under the name "Muriel Folger" (using their mother's maiden name).[4][6]
Career
editCauble went to Cincinnati to gain theatre experience in a stock company as a young woman. While she was in Cincinnati, the teenaged Cauble was featured in a unique and successful fundraiser for the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, when she was displayed in a cage as an "American Chicken".[7]
Cauble appeared in the Broadway musicals My Lady's Glove (1917), Doing Our Bit (1917), Sinbad (1918), Tangerine (1921–1922) and Oh! Oh! Nurse (1925–1926).[8][9][10] Other stage credits included roles in Jim Jam Jems (1921)[11] and Little Jessie James (1924).[12] "Miss Cauble possesses charm and personality combined with beauty of voice and is a dancer of ability," noted a 1926 report.[13] Later in her career, Cauble performed on radio and television programs.[1]
Personal life
editCauble was engaged to her childhood friend, artist Alonzo C. Webb, in the early 1920s.[14] She married twice; her first husband was David Clarkson Faulkner; they had one son.[15] Her second husband was musician, composer and singer Royal Walter Halee; they had two children, including Roy D. Halee (a Grammy-winning recording engineer).[16] Her husband died in 1960,[17] and she died in 1963, aged 62 years, at Long Beach Memorial Hospital.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c "Rebekah Halee, at 62; Ex-Broadway Actress". Newsday (Suffolk Edition). 1963-11-26. p. 22. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Advice to Girls by Rhea Cauble". Boston Post. 1921-02-27. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-08-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A Spike Causes Wreck of No. 40 and Death of Two". The Charlotte News. 1905-06-16. p. 1. Retrieved 2022-08-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b Woodruff, Fuzzy (1921-11-20). "Dixie Girls Take Place on Musical Comedy Stage". The Atlanta Constitution. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rebekah Cauble Did Not Start Her Career via Chorus". The Musical Observer. 23: 56. 1923.
- ^ "Rebekah, Showing-Off, Got Herself a Job". Daily News. 1924-03-30. p. 41. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "The 'American Chicken' a Strong Drawing Card". The New York Times. January 21, 1917. pp. front page, picture section. Retrieved August 16, 2022 – via Library of Congress.
- ^ Dietz, Dan (2019-04-10). The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 73–74, 292. ISBN 978-1-5381-1282-3.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (1926). The Best Plays. Dodd, Mead. p. 510.
- ^ "'Oh, Oh, Nurse'". The Evening Journal. 1925-12-01. p. 21. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Rhea and her Hawthorn Hedge". Pittsburgh Daily Post. 1921-03-30. p. 14. Retrieved 2022-08-17 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actresses of Stage and Screen". Midweek Pictorial. 19 (12): 28. 1924-05-15 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Rebekah Cauble is Guest Star of Week in Tangerine at Brown". The Courier-Journal. 1926-05-23. p. 29. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "And She Cabled Just One Word: 'Yes'". The Washington Times. 1922-10-29. p. 64. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marcelle McKinny Amy Has Home Wedding; Bride of Mr. Faulkner". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1949-01-16. p. 19. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Hilburn, Robert (2019-05-28). Paul Simon: The Life. Simon and Schuster. p. 59. ISBN 978-1-5011-1213-3.
- ^ "Roy W. Halee". Daily News. 1960-06-01. p. 46. Retrieved 2022-08-16 – via Newspapers.com.
