Tien Hogue
Tien Hogue | |
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 Portrait of Tien Hogue, published in Lone Hand magazine in January 1918. | |
| Born | Anne Christina Hogue 29 June 1892 |
| Died | 1 November 1964 (aged 72) Tasmania |
| Occupation(s) | Film and stage actress |
Tien Hogue was the stage name of Anne Christina Hogue (29 June 1892 – November 1964), an Australian actress of stage and screen in the silent era.
She was a popular personality, who, though marriage, became Lady Wyatt.[1]
Family
[edit]The fourth daughter, and youngest child of James Alexander Hogue (1846–1920),[2][3] and Jessie Hogue (1853–1932), née Robards,[4][5][6] Anne Christina Hogue was born at Glebe Point, Sydney, New South Wales on 29 June 1892.[7][8]
She was the sister of Major Oliver Hogue (1880–1919), who wrote under the name of Trooper Blue Gum,[9][10] and of John Roland Hogue (1882–1958), the talented professional singer (baritone), Broadway, film, and U.S.television actor, and playwright.[11]
She married Guy Wyatt (1893–1981) of the British Navy, later Vice-Admiral Sir Arthur Guy Norris Wyatt, K.B., C.B. on 19 January 1922,[12] and moved to England.[13] The couple later settled in Tasmania.[14]
Stage and screen
[edit]- "Tien Hogue, a good-looking Sydney girl, with a honey-sweet speaking voice, [who is soon to tour country towns as "Aggie Lynch" in Veiller’s play, Within the Law] gave such an intelligent reading of the part of Victoria Chope in [the new Haddon Chambers play] "Sir Anthony", at the Repertory Theatre, that she is likely to prove a bright addition to the native-born stage contingent." – The Bulletin, 30 July 1914.[15]
Selected theatre credits
[edit]Selected film credits
[edit]- The Life of a Jackeroo (1913)
- Pommy Arrives in Australia (1913)
- A Blue Gum Romance (1913)
- The Shepherd of the Southern Cross (1915)
- Robbery Under Arms (1920)[17]
Death
[edit]She died in Tasmania in November 1964.
Archibald Prize
[edit]Tien Hogue was the subject of an Archibald Prize finaliat painting by Joseph Wolinski (1872–1955) in 1926.[18]
The Dicker Case
[edit]She was a witness in the Dicker case where the Tasmanian Labor MP David Edward Dicker (1882–1967) was charged with "disloyal utterances",[19] in his making of statements likely to prejudice recruiting.[20][21]
Footnotes
[edit]- ^ "Miss Tien Hogue". The Mirror. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 24 November 1917. p. 12. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Deaths: Hogue, The Daily Telegraph, (Tuesday, 3 August 1920), p.4.
- ^ Death of Mr. J.A. Hogue: Useful Career Closes, The (Sydney) Daily Telegraph, (Tuesday, 3 August 1920), p.5.
- ^ Marriages: Hogue—Robards, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Tuesday, 23 April 1878), p.1.
- ^ Deaths: Hogue, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 23 July 1932), p.12.
- ^ Mrs. Jessie Hogue, The Sydney Morning Herald, (Saturday, 23 July 1932), p.17.
- ^ Births: Hogue, The (Sydney) Evening Times, (Thursday, 30 June 1982), p.4.
- ^ James Alexander and Jessie Howe, The Glebe Society, 2017.
- ^ ""Trooper Blue Gum" Dead". Queensland Times. Ipswich, Queensland: National Library of Australia. 12 March 1919. p. 6 Edition: DAILY. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Elyne Mitchell, "Hogue, Oliver (1880–1919)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, accessed 25 August 2013.
- ^ John Roland Hogue, Variety, Vol.212, No.8, (Wednesday, 22 October 1958), p.79.
- ^ Personal, The Forbes Advocate, (Friday, 6 January 1922), p.4.
- ^ "Personal". The Leader. Orange, NSW: National Library of Australia. 4 January 1922. p. 2. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Of Interest to Women, The (Launceston) Examiner, (Wednesday, 22 October 1952), p.8.
- ^ A Woman's Letter, Sydney, July 27, 1914, The Bulletin, Vol.35, No.1798, (Thursday, 30 July 1914), p.18.
- ^ "Posy Quinney". The Mirror. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 24 November 1917. p. 6. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "Robbery Under Arms". The Sunday Times. Sydney: National Library of Australia. 7 November 1920. p. 22. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ Archibald Prize: 1926.
- ^ Disloyal Utterances: Charge Against Mr. Dicker, M.H.A.: Evidence at Police Court: Evidence of Theatrical Witnesses, The Mercury, (Thursday, 15 February 1917), p.7.
- ^ "Labour Member Charged". The Brisbane Courier. National Library of Australia. 15 February 1917. p. 8. Retrieved 25 August 2013.
- ^ "The Dicker Case". The Mercury. Hobart, Tas.: National Library of Australia. 3 August 1917. p. 7. Retrieved 25 August 2013.