Constance Carpenter
| Constance Carpenter | |
|---|---|
| Born | April 19, 1904 Bath, Somerset, England |
| Died | December 26, 1992 (aged 88) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | United Kingdom United States |
| Other names | Constance Emmeline Carpenter |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Known for | Musical theatre |
Constance Emmeline Carpenter (April 19, 1904 - December 26, 1992) was an English-born American film and musical theatre actress.
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[edit] Biography
Born in Bath, Somerset, Carpenter was the daughter of vaudevillians and began performing at an early age.[1]
She achieved success appearing in West End revues produced by impresario André Charlot, and made her Broadway debut in his André Charlot's Revue of 1924. She was featured in Charlot Revue in 1925, followed by an appearance in George and Ira Gershwin's Oh, Kay! in 1926 and as the ingenue lead in the Richard Rodgers/Lorenz Hart/Herbert Fields musical A Connecticut Yankee in 1927.
During World War II, Carpenter entertained troops throughout Europe, the Middle East, and Asia. After returning to the United States in 1950, she became a naturalized American citizen.[1]
Carpenter's most notable Broadway credit was The King and I, first as understudy to Gertrude Lawrence and then as the leading lady when Lawrence died midway through the run. Her final Broadway appearance was in the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee play The Incomparable Max (1971), based on stories by Max Beerbohm.
Her film credits were limited to Just for a Song (1929), Two Worlds (1930), and Brown Sugar (1931).
[edit] Personal life
Carpenter was married four times times, to J.H.S. Lord Lucas-Scudamore, actor Eric Berry, and twice to songwriter Jimmy Kennedy.
She died of a stroke in Lenox Hill Hospital in Manhattan, aged 88.
[edit] Filmography
- Just for a Song (1930)
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 1904 births
- 1992 deaths
- American film actors
- American musical theatre actors
- American stage actors
- Deaths from stroke
- English film actors
- English stage actors
- English musical theatre actors
- English emigrants to the United States
- Naturalized citizens of the United States
- People from Bath, Somerset
- People from Manhattan
