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Adrienne Morrison
Mabel Adrienne Morrison (March 1, 1883 – November 20, 1940) was an American stage actress of the early 20th century. She married actor Richard Bennett, with whom she had three daughters who later would become actresses.
Adrienne Morrison was a daughter of actress Rose Wood and actor Lewis Morrison. Her lineage through her mother made Morrison "the seventh generation of an English theatrical family."
Morrison first appeared on stage at 6 months of age when her mother held her during a production of The Cricket on the Hearth. She was educated at St. Gabriel's Convent and the Convent of the Sacred Heart before returning to the stage at 14 years of age to portray Juliet.
In 1905, she appeared as Nat-u-ritch, an Aboriginal American woman, in the play The Squaw Man with William Faversham. From September 1910 through May 1911 she appeared with her husband Richard Bennett in The Deep Purple. She also performed in Damaged Goods, Hamlet, Love for Love, and The Servant in the House.
Morrison retired from the theater in 1926, but made a brief return in May 1940 to appear in Grey Farm at the Hudson Theatre.
From 1930 to 1932, Morrison directed Children's Players, a company of adult actors who presented plays for children in the New York City area, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Morrison and actor Richard Bennett married In Jersey City on November 8, 1903, but she retained her maiden name. Their daughters, Barbara Bennett, Constance Bennett, and Joan Bennett, would all become film actresses. Of the three, Joan would become the best known in acting, although both she and Constance would see wide success. Barbara never achieved the success of her sisters in acting, but married Morton Downey, and the couple had five children, with their first born being Morton Downey Jr. Despite Bennett's earnings, he became bankrupt. Another grandchild, Constance's daughter Lorinda Roland, was a sculptor.
In April 1925, she and Richard Bennett divorced. On January 19, 1927, she married Eric Seabrooke Pinker, a dramatic and literary agent, son to James B. Pinker, in an art gallery in New York City. That marriage produced no children, but lasted until her death in her apartment in New York City of a heart attack in 1940. She was buried in a family plot in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
Adrienne Morrison
Mabel Adrienne Morrison (March 1, 1883 – November 20, 1940) was an American stage actress of the early 20th century. She married actor Richard Bennett, with whom she had three daughters who later would become actresses.
Adrienne Morrison was a daughter of actress Rose Wood and actor Lewis Morrison. Her lineage through her mother made Morrison "the seventh generation of an English theatrical family."
Morrison first appeared on stage at 6 months of age when her mother held her during a production of The Cricket on the Hearth. She was educated at St. Gabriel's Convent and the Convent of the Sacred Heart before returning to the stage at 14 years of age to portray Juliet.
In 1905, she appeared as Nat-u-ritch, an Aboriginal American woman, in the play The Squaw Man with William Faversham. From September 1910 through May 1911 she appeared with her husband Richard Bennett in The Deep Purple. She also performed in Damaged Goods, Hamlet, Love for Love, and The Servant in the House.
Morrison retired from the theater in 1926, but made a brief return in May 1940 to appear in Grey Farm at the Hudson Theatre.
From 1930 to 1932, Morrison directed Children's Players, a company of adult actors who presented plays for children in the New York City area, Connecticut, and New Jersey.
Morrison and actor Richard Bennett married In Jersey City on November 8, 1903, but she retained her maiden name. Their daughters, Barbara Bennett, Constance Bennett, and Joan Bennett, would all become film actresses. Of the three, Joan would become the best known in acting, although both she and Constance would see wide success. Barbara never achieved the success of her sisters in acting, but married Morton Downey, and the couple had five children, with their first born being Morton Downey Jr. Despite Bennett's earnings, he became bankrupt. Another grandchild, Constance's daughter Lorinda Roland, was a sculptor.
In April 1925, she and Richard Bennett divorced. On January 19, 1927, she married Eric Seabrooke Pinker, a dramatic and literary agent, son to James B. Pinker, in an art gallery in New York City. That marriage produced no children, but lasted until her death in her apartment in New York City of a heart attack in 1940. She was buried in a family plot in Pleasant Valley Cemetery in Old Lyme, Connecticut.
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