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Beth Franklyn
A young white woman with fair hair, wearing a fur-trimmed off-the-shoulder gown, with three strands of beads/pearls at her neck. She appears to be seated in a heavy, carved wooden chair.
Beth Franklyn, from an 1897 publication.
Born1873 or 1875
San Francisco, California
DiedMarch 5, 1956
Baltimore, Maryland
OccupationActress
Years active1890s-1930s

Beth Franklyn (1870s – March 5, 1956) was an American actress.

Early life

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Franklyn was born in San Francisco in 1873 or 1875 (sources vary), the daughter of William Payne Barnes and Margaret Barnes.[1][2]

Career

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By 1901,[3] Franklyn had joined the Albaugh Palace Theatre Company in Baltimore,[4][5] and was John Albaugh's leading lady for several years.[6][7] She was a member of Amelia Bingham's company in 1908.[8]

Franklyn's Broadway credits included roles in Shameen Dhu (1914),[9] The Revolt (1915),[10] Some Baby! (1915),[11] The Blue Envelope (1916),[12] The Love Drive (1917),[13] Pot Luck (1921), The New Poor (1924),[14][15] and A Slight Case of Murder (1935). Other stage appearances included roles in Chimmie Fadden (1896),[16] Sowing the Wind (1901),[3] Her Trial Marriage (1907), Alias Jimmy Valentine (1912),[17] The Blue Mouse (1912),[18] Nobody's Widow (1915),[19] The Girl of the Golden West (1915),[20][21] Oh Look! (1919) with the Dolly Sisters and Harry Fox,[6] Clarence (1921),[22] The Cat and the Canary (1922) with Florence Eldridge and Henry Hull,[23][24] and Butter and Egg Man (1927).[25] She was known for playing Irish characters.[26]

Franklyn appeared in a silent film, Nothing but the Truth (1920). She also directed school theatrical productions in Baltimore.[6] She favored the tango ("Let everybody dance the tango, if he or she sees fit to do it properly, and living with be better"), and women's suffrage, "but I do not believe in militancy. I think it is just horrid for women to fight," she commented in 1914.[27]

Personal life

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Franklyn was reported to have secretly married to Richard Wallach in 1897.[28] She lived with Jane T. Pillsbury, "her companion and friend of 50 years".[29] She died in 1956 in Baltimore, in her eighties.[30]

References

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  1. ^ "Obituary for BETH FRANKLYN". The Baltimore Sun. 1956-03-07. p. 25. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Ex-Actress Dies at Age 83". The Baltimore Sun. 1956-03-06. p. 17. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Theatres Last Night". The Baltimore Sun. 1901-04-23. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Threw Kisses to Audience". The Baltimore Sun. 1906-09-25. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Plays 'Lead' at Poli's". The Evening Sun. 1915-01-04. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ a b c "Beth Franklyn, Popular Actress, is a Favorite in Baltimore". The Baltimore Sun. 1919-03-23. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Theatres Last Night". The Baltimore Sun. 1901-04-02. p. 6. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Miss Bingham's Hit". New York Star. 2: 29. October 17, 1908.
  9. ^ "'Shameen Dhu' is Olcott at his Best". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1914-01-06. p. 28. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Sanger & Jordan (1916). Catalogue of Plays, 1916. Sanger & Jordan. p. 144.
  11. ^ The Stage year book. Robarts - University of Toronto. London Carson & Comerford. 1916. p. 168.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  12. ^ "The Blue Envelope". The Theatre: 275. May 1916 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ "The Love Drive". Dramatic Mirror of Motion Pictures and the Stage. 77: 5. November 10, 1917.
  14. ^ Hamilton, Cosmo (1924). Four Plays: The New Poor, Scandal, The Silver Fox, The Mother Woman. Little, Brown. p. 2.
  15. ^ Hischak, Thomas S. (2009-04-22). Broadway Plays and Musicals: Descriptions and Essential Facts of More Than 14,000 Shows through 2007. McFarland. p. 323. ISBN 978-0-7864-5309-2.
  16. ^ "'Chimmie Fadden' and 'The Sparrow'". The Philadelphia Inquirer. 1896-01-07. p. 7. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. ^ "'Alias Jimmy Valentine'". The Boston Globe. 1912-11-05. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ^ "The Blue Mouse". The Boston Globe. 1912-10-29. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Her Dressmaker Now at War". The Baltimore Sun. 1915-01-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  20. ^ "Beth Franklyn Happy". The Baltimore Sun. 1915-01-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "To Make Their Bow with Poli Players". The Evening Sun. 1915-01-04. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Clarence (advertisement)". The Fort Wayne Sentinel. 1921-01-27. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ Thorold, W. J.; Hornblow, Arthur; Maxwell, Perriton; Beach, Stewart (April 1922). "National: The Cat and the Canary". Theatre Magazine. 35: 234.
  24. ^ "In Much Talked of Plays of New York". The Spur. 29: 51. April 1, 1922.
  25. ^ "Brown Players Arrive in City Ready for Week of Rehearsals". The Courier-Journal. 1927-04-11. p. 1. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  26. ^ "Beth Franklyn". The Courier-Journal. 1927-07-24. p. 22. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  27. ^ "Stage Fright Comes When Not Expected". The Evening Sun. 1914-01-13. p. 5. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  28. ^ "Miss Franklyn's Marriage". The Times. 1897-12-31. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  29. ^ "Beth Franklyn Rites Scheduled". The Evening Sun. 1956-03-06. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
  30. ^ "Beth Franklyn, Ex-Actress, Dies". The Baltimore Sun. 1956-03-06. p. 36. Retrieved 2020-11-26 – via Newspapers.com.
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