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Fay Templeton

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Actor 1865–1939 On stage 18851933

Fay Templeton (December 25, 1865 – October 3, 1939) was an American actress, singer, songwriter, and comedian. Her parents were John J. Templeton and Alice Van Asse, both of whom were actors/vaudevillians; Fay followed in their footsteps, making her Broadway debut in 1885. Templeton excelled on the legitimate and vaudeville stages for more than half a century. She was a favorite headliner and heroine of popular theater, appearing until 1934. For a time she dated Sam Shubert, of the Shubert family of theatre owners, until his death in a railroad accident. Some of her notable performances were in H.M.S. Pinafore and Roberta. Her career longevity was attributable not only to her physical appear…

On stage 20 productions, 48 years

1885 Evangeline! Haverlys 14th Street Theatre · Revival 252 perf.
1899 Helter Skelter Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 56 perf.
1900 Broadway to Tokio New York Theatre · Original · directed by Carl Marwig 88 perf.
1900 Fiddle-dee-dee Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 262 perf.
1901 A Man From Mars Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 259 perf.
1902 Humming Birds and Onions Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original
1902 The Stickiness of Gelatine Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original
1902 Twirly Whirly Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Julian Mitchell 247 perf.
1903 The Big Little Princess Weber And Fields Broadway Music Hall · Original · directed by Lew M. Fields
1903 The Runaways Casino Theatre · Original · directed by Samuel Marion 167 perf.
1904 A Little Bit of Everything Aerial Gardens · Original · directed by Herbert Gresham 120 perf.
1904 In Newport Liberty Theatre · Original · directed by Herbert Gresham 24 perf.
1905 Lifting the Lid Aerial Gardens · Original · directed by Ned Wayburn 72 perf.
1906 Forty-five Minutes From Broadway New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by George M. Cohan 90 perf.
1912 Hokey-pokey / Bunty, Bulls and Strings Broadway Theatre · Original · directed by Gus Sohlke 108 perf.
1914 H.M.S. Pinafore Hippodrome Theatre · Revival · directed by William J. Wilson 77 perf.
1926 H.M.S. Pinafore Century Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 56 perf.
1931 H.M.S. Pinafore Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 17 perf.
1931 Trial by Jury & H.M.S. Pinafore Erlangers Theatre · Revival · directed by Milton Aborn 16 perf.
1933 Roberta New Amsterdam Theatre · Original · directed by Hassard Short 295 perf.

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Worked with more than once12 names

Peter F Dailey 7 productions
Frankie Bailey 7 productions
Lew M Fields 6 productions
John T Kelly 6 productions
Eva Allen 6 productions
Edna Birch 6 productions
William Collier 5 productions
Joseph M Weber 5 productions
Ilma Pratt 5 productions
Carrie Bowman 5 productions
Bessie Clayton 5 productions
Mabel Lynn 4 productions

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In the literature4 passages

  • Forty-five Minutes from Broadway. The dramatic will-tearing scene with Victor Moore and Fay Templeton. (Hall)ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Lyda Roberti, Bob Hope, Fay Templeton, Tamara, George Murphy, Sydney Greenstreet, Ray Middleton, Fred MacMurrayebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • popular. Later in the year, when they produced ‘“Fiddle-deedee,” DeWolf Hopper and Fay Templeton joined the company. Richard Mansfield, one of the great actors of his day, wastheatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt
  • The first night of the New Year saw three openings, all of them were successful. They were George M. Cohan’s “Forty-five Minutes From Broadway” with Fay Templeton, Victor Moore and Donald Brian; “Julie Bonbon” a comedy written by Clara Lipman who also starred in it with Louis Mann, her husband;theatre-pdfs/A Pictorial History of the American Theatre, 1860-1985 (Blum).txt

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