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Mrs Patrick Campbell ( 9th February 1865 - 9th April 1940) was a British stage actress, the most successful of her generation.She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner in Kensington, London, of English and Italian parents. She made her stage debut in 1888, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell, and became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893.
Fourteen years after the death of her first husband in 1900, she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West (born 1874) -- a dashing writer previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill -- but she continued to use "Mrs Patrick Campbell" as her stage name. In 1914Events January 4 77 seal hunters freeze to death on ice near Labrador January 5 Ford Motor Company announces an eight-hour workday and a minimum wage of $5 for a day's labor February 13 Copyright: In New York City the ASCAP (for American Society of Compos, she played Eliza DoolittleEliza Doolittle is a fictional character who appears in the play Pygmalion ( George Bernard Shaw, 1912) and, by extension, the musical version of that play My Fair Lady''. Eliza is a Cockney flower girl, who comes to Professor Henry Higgins asking for elo in the original production of ShawGeorge Bernard Shaw ( July 26, 1856- November 2, 1950) was an Irish playwright and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 1925. Born in Dublin, Shaw moved to London during the 1870s to embark on his literary career. He wrote five novels, all of which we's PygmalionPygmalion is a Greek name, probably going back to Phoenician roots. Pygmalion or Pygmaion according to Hesychios of Alexandra is probably a Cypriote form of Adonis, a Levantine vegetation-god. Bearers of the name include: # Pygmalion, king of Tyre, brothe; though much too old for the part, she was the obvious choice, being by far the biggest name on the London stage.
In her later years, Mrs Patrick Campbell made notable appearances in motion pictures, including "One More River" (1934), "Rip Tide" (1934), and "Crime and Punishment" (1935). She died in PauPau is a city of southwestern France, prefecture (capital) of the Pyrenees-Atlantiques departement''. Population (1999): 78,732. Pau was the capital of the former province of Bearn. The chateau was the birthplace of Henry IV of France ( 1553- 1610) and of, FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents..
She and her first husband had two children, Beo and Stella.
Siān Phillips portrayed Mrs Patrick Campbell in the 1975 miniseries "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill," which starred Lee RemickLee Remick ( December 14, 1935 July 2, 1991), was an American actress. Born in Quincy, Massachusetts, she died of a recurrence of kidney cancer in Los Angeles, California at the age of 55. Remick was educated at the Hewitt School, Barnard College, Swaboda.
Quotes
- On homosexuals: "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do, so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses?"
- On success : "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm."
- To the loquacious George Bernard Shaw: "When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said 'hush' just once."
- On actress Norma Shearer: "She has such pretty little eyes. And they're so close together!"
Campbell, Mrs Patrick
Campbell, Mrs Patrick
