Glimpses of Gotham and city characters. Men and women who deal in fancy costumes. New York, 1881. Actresses Lizzie Kelsey, Pauline Markham, Emily Duncan, Eliza Wetherby, Fanny Louise Buckingham.
Tag: Actress
Marie Menessier-Nodier as Spanish lady in Maja costume.
Marie Menessier-Nodier. Femme de lettres. Dame Espagnole en costume de Maja.
Ethel Barrymore 1898. American actress.
Ethel Barrymore of Henry Irving’s Company 1898. Ethel Barrymore (actually: Ethel Blyth. 1879 -1959) was an American actress. She was honored for her performance in None But the Lonely… Read More
Maude Adams as Peter Pan 1905
Maude Adams was an American stage actress in the early 20th century.
Japan Actress Sada Yacco in the role of Oriye and as Katsugari.
Kawakami Sadayakko was born Sada Koyama (小山 贞) and trained as a geisha.
Under the stage name Sada Yacco she worked at Kawakami-theater and was one of the first actresses to a Japanese theater.
Blanche Sweet. American film actress in 1925
Blanche Sweet. American Actress. Silent movie star. Blanche Sweet 1896-1986 was an American film actress whose career in the early days of silent films had already peaked. 1909 began her film… Read More
The Prague actress Bronislava Livia 1925
The now forgotten star of Czech silent film Bronislava Livia was born Bronislava Mauerová (or Maurerová) on 18 November 1901 in Nagasaki, Japan.
Actress Maria Corda in glamour art deco costume, 1925.
Mary Conrad was a Hungarian silent film star in Austria and Germany.
Actress Erna Morena. German actress of the silent film period.
Erna Morena 1885-1962 was a German film actress, film producer and screenwriter of the silent film period.
Käthe Dorsch. After an etching by Emil Orlik.
Käthe Dorsch, pseudonym of Katharina Dorsch was a German actress.