Virginia Harned
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Virginia Harned born Virginia Hicks, was a noted American stage actress at the turn of the 20th century. She is mainly remembered for playing the title character in the 1895 Broadway premiere of the play Trilby based on George Du Maurier
's novel of the same name
. It is Harned's likeness from the play that is grafted onto the cover of original 1895 publications of the novel.
Her first husband was E. H. Sothern, who later married Julia Marlowe
, and her second husband was actor William Courtenay, who appeared on stage with her several times and who left her a widow in 1933.
George du Maurier
George Louis Palmella Busson du Maurier was a French-born British cartoonist and author, known for his cartoons in Punch and also for his novel Trilby. He was the father of actor Gerald du Maurier and grandfather of the writers Angela du Maurier and Dame Daphne du Maurier...
's novel of the same name
Trilby (novel)
Trilby is a novel by George du Maurier and one of the most popular novels of its time, perhaps the second best selling novel of the Fin de siècle after Bram Stoker's Dracula. Published serially in Harper's Monthly in 1894, it was published in book form in 1895 and sold 200,000 copies in the United...
. It is Harned's likeness from the play that is grafted onto the cover of original 1895 publications of the novel.
Her first husband was E. H. Sothern, who later married Julia Marlowe
Julia Marlowe
Julia Marlowe was an English-born American actress known for her interpretations of William Shakespeare.-Life and career:...
, and her second husband was actor William Courtenay, who appeared on stage with her several times and who left her a widow in 1933.
External links
- Virginia Harned at IBDb.com
- Virginia Harned picture gallery(NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
- charcoal drawn portrait (Univ. of Louisville, Macauley theatre collection)