| 词条 | Grace George |
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| name = Grace George | image = Grace George.jpg | imagesize = 200px | caption = Grace George in 1903 dressed for role in play "Pretty Polly" | birth_name = Grace George | birth_date = December 25, 1879 | birth_place = New York City, New York, United States | death_date = May 19, 1961 (aged 81) | death_place = New York City, New York, USA | restingplace = | restingplacecoordinates = | othername = | occupation = Actress | yearsactive = 1894–1951[1] }}Grace George (December 25, 1879 – May 19, 1961) was a prominent American stage actress, who had a long career on Broadway stage and also appeared in two films.[2] BiographyShe was born on December 25, 1879. She was married to producer William A. Brady and was stepmother to his daughter Alice Brady.[2] George appeared in a silent film called Tainted Money in 1915. She starred as Esther in the hugely successful 1899 Broadway adaptation of Ben Hur from Lew Wallace's novel.[2] In 1935, she gave an acclaimed performance as Mary Herries in Edward Chodorov's mystery drama, Kind Lady at the Booth Theatre.[3] She appeared in the film, Johnny Come Lately in 1943 with James Cagney. In 1950 she was awarded the Delia Austrian Medal.[4] She died on May 19, 1961.[5][6] Personal lifeGrace George married William A. Brady in 1899. A son William Brady Jr. (1900–1935) was born in 1900. Brady Jr. married the actress Katharine Alexander and had a daughter Barbara Brady who became an actress. Her niece, Maude George, was a silent film character actor who appeared in a number of Erich von Stroheim films.[8] References1. ^Who Was Who in the Theatre 1912–1976 (Gale Research Company) compiled from John Parker's original annual publications. 2. ^{{cite book|chapter=Ben Hur|title=Plays of the Present|year=1902|author1=Clapp, John Bouvé|author2=Edgett, Edwin Francis|location=NY|publisher=The Dunlap Society|pages=38–39|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YhoOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA38}} 3. ^"Kind Lady - Grace George Scores as the Pathetic Victim of a Band of Crooks," New York Daily News, April 25, 1935 4. ^{{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Grace George Honored. Actress Wins the Delia Austrian Medal for Role This Year |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1950/05/17/archives/grace-george-honored-actress-wins-the-delia-austrian-medal-for-role.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 17, 1950 |accessdate=2013-12-12 }} 5. ^1 2 {{cite news |author= |coauthors= |title=Grace George, 81, Starred On Stage. Widow of W. A. Brady Dies. Noted for Comedy Style |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1961/05/20/archives/grace-george-81-starred-on-stage-widow-of-w-a-brady-die-noted-for.html |quote= |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 20, 1961 |accessdate=2013-12-12 }} 6. ^Famous Actors and Actresses On the American Stage vol 1, William C. Young, c. 1975. 7. ^{{cite web|title=Daily Illini|url=http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=DIL19110225&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------#|website=Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections|accessdate=20 July 2015|location=University of Illinois|page=3|format=webpage|date=Feb 25, 1911}} 8. ^[https://books.google.com/books?id=OEpuzKjbka8C&pg=PA232&dq=1888+%22maude+george%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=_J7uT-2xKciorQGo9diPAg&ved=0CEAQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=1888%20%22maude%20george%22&f=false Lowe, Denise - An Encyclopedic Dictionary of Women in Early American Films, 1895-1930 - 2005, Pg. 232] accessed June 29, 2012 External links{{Commons category|Grace George}}
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