Amelia Summerville
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![]() Amelia Summerville in costume for Trilby, from an 1895 publication. | |
Born | Amelia M. Shaw 15 October 1862 |
Died | 21 January 1934 (aged 71) New York City, U.S. |
Years active | 1867–1925 |
Amelia Summerville (born Amelia Shaw, 15 October 1862 – 21 January 1934) was an Irish-born American stage and silent film actress.
Biography
Summerville was born in County Kildare, Ireland[1] and migrated to Toronto, Ontario, Canada as a child. She first appeared on stage at the age of 7 in an operetta in Toronto.
In 1884, Summerville appeared in her first leading role in the play Adonis. She originated the role of Rosetta, the Mountain Maid.[2][3]
Summerville appeared in fourteen Broadway plays from 1885 to 1925.[1] She also performed in silent films during the 1910s and 1920s.
Summerville took an interest in dieting and claimed to have lost 100 pounds (45 kg) in three months, from 249 pounds (113 kg) to 149 pounds (68 kg).[4] She authored Why be Fat?: Rules for Weight-reduction and the Preservation of Youth and Health (1916).[5] She was a fan of corned beef hash and stale bread.[6]
Partial filmography
- Mrs. Dane's Defense (1918)
- How Could You, Caroline? (1918)
- Getting Mary Married (1919)
- The Probation Wife (1919)
- My Little Sister (1919)
- The Witness for the Defense (1919)
- April Folly (1920)
- Romance (1920)
- Romola (1924)
- The Great Deception (1926)
Publications
- Why Be Fat?: Rules for Weight-Reduction and the Preservation, of Youth and Health (1916)
- The Speaking Voice (1927)
References
- Notes
- ^ a b Amelia Summerville at the Internet Broadway Database
- ^ Ganzl, Kurt (2002). William B. Gill: From the Goldfields to Broadway. Routledge. p. 152. ISBN 0-415-93767-1.
- ^ Kasson, John F. (August 12, 2001). "'Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America'". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-02-07.
- ^ "Amelia Summerville is Writing Memoirs". Los Angeles Herald. 25 September 1908.
- ^ Smith, Andrew F. (2017). Food in America: The Past, Present, and Future of Food, Farming, and the Family Meal, Volume 1. ABC-Clio. p. 97. ISBN 978-1-4408-4731-8
- ^ Raskin, Hanna. (2010). "Five forgotten health foods". Dallas Observer. Retrieved 28 March 2019.
- Bibliography
- "Miss Summerville, Comedienne, Dead". The New York Times. January 22, 1934. p. 15.
- "Pneumonia is Fatal to Noted Stage Actress". Chicago Daily Tribune. January 22, 1934.
- Leonard, John W.; Marquis, Albert N. (1906). Who's Who in America. p. 1737. ISSN 0083-9396.
External links
- Amelia Summerville at IMDb
- portrait and short bio(Wayback)
- 1862 births
- 1934 deaths
- 20th-century Canadian actresses
- 19th-century Canadian actresses
- Actresses from County Kildare
- Actresses from Toronto
- Canadian expatriate actresses in the United States
- Canadian silent film actresses
- Canadian stage actresses
- Diet food advocates
- Irish emigrants to Canada (before 1923)
- Irish film actresses
- Irish silent film actresses
- Singers from New York City
- American theatre actor, 19th-century birth stubs