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Edna Wallace Hopper

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Actor 1872–1959 On stage 18941927

Edna Wallace Hopper (January 17, 1872 – December 14, 1959) was an American actress and singer. On the stage she achieved initial success as a soubrette in light operas. She later starred in Broadway musicals and transitioned into work in silent films. She was known as the "eternal flapper".

On stage 16 productions, 33 years

1894 Dr. Syntax Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Humphreys 169 perf.
1896 El Capitan Broadway Theatre · Original 112 perf.
1898 Yankee Doodle Dandy Casino Theatre · Original
1899 La Belle Hélène Casino Theatre · Revival · directed by Frederic Solomon 68 perf.
1900 Chris and the Wonderful Lamp Victoria Theatre · Original · directed by Ben Teal 58 perf.
1900 Florodora Casino Theatre · Original · directed by Lewis Hopper & Willie Edouin 553 perf.
1902 The Silver Slipper Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by James Francis 168 perf.
1906 About Town Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 85 perf.
1906 The Great Decide Herald Square Theatre · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 53 perf.
1908 Fifty Miles from Boston Garrick Theatre · Original 40 perf.
1911 Jumping Jupiter New York Theatre · Original 24 perf.
1913 The Things That Count Maxine Elliotts Theatre · Original 224 perf.
1914 The Elder Son Playhouse Theatre · Original · directed by Lynn Hammond 23 perf.
1918 Girl o' Mine Bijou Theatre · Original · directed by Clifford Brooke 48 perf.
1926 The Matinee Girl Forrest Theatre · Original · directed by Oscar Eagle 24 perf.
1927 Ziegfeld Follies of 1927 New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Sammy Lee 167 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Cyril Scott 3 productions
Bessie Skeer 3 productions
Vernon Castle 2 productions
Topsy Siegrist 2 productions
Thomas Q Seabrooke 2 productions
Thomas Guise 2 productions
Ruthita Field 2 productions
May Leslie 2 productions
Marjorie Relyea 2 productions
Margaret Walker 2 productions
Mae Murray 2 productions
Lynn D Arcy 2 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • Cast : Edna Wallace Hopper, Fannie Johnston, Willie Edouin, Sydney Deane, R.E. Graham, May Edouinebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • singing “Tell Me, Pretty Maiden,” had Edna Wallace Hopper, Cyril Scott and Mabel Barrison in the cast. It opened in Novem-theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Michelena, “Marrying Mary” starring Marie Cahill, “About Town” with Lew Fields, Edna Wallace Hopper, Lawrence Grossmith, Louise Dresser, George Beban, Jack Norworth, Mae Murray and Vernon Castle part of the impressive cast, Richard Carle assisted by Bessie McCoy and Adele Rowland in “The Spring Chicken,” Sam Bernard in “The Rich Mr. Hogge…theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • Lewis Stone and Inez Buck; “The Things That Count” with Alice Brady, Howard Estabrook and Edna Wallace Hopper; and “Fine Feathers,” a Eugene Waltertheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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