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Annie Russell
Annie Ellen Russell (12 January 1864 – 16 January 1936) was a British-American stage actress.
Russell was born in Liverpool, England to Irish parents, Joseph Russell and Jane Mount. She moved to Canada when she was a child. She made her first appearance on the stage at eight years old with Rose Eytinge at the Montreal Academy of Music in Montreal, Canada. She visited the West Indies when she was twelve, overseeing her younger brother Tommy, the child actor in a touring production.
In 1881, in New York City, she performed in Esmerelda, a play written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette. This play would later become one of her most successful and popular performances. Notwithstanding, reviews for the play, and for Russell's performance, were becoming unfavourable by the ninth month of the play's run—the reviewer says of her performance: "If she cares for her future, she will not waste time in spoiling her voice. ...Lacking knowledge and training, she screams in a most unhappy fashion." It ran for a year at the Madison Square Theatre and had over two hundred showings.
After Esmerelda, Russell did not perform on a similar scale for a few years. However, she was not completely removed from theatrical life. In 1883, she joined the New York Fifth Avenue Theatre company, with her mother, Jane, and little brother, Tommy. She performed in one of the tour companies of the play Hazel Kirke, in the title role, before leaving to marry her first husband in 1884.
Russell shortly fell ill—the first reported illness of many throughout her career. She returned in 1885, playing Zaire in the play Broken Hearts written by W. S. Gilbert. Later in the year, she performed in Young Mrs. Winthrop with the Palmer Company in Philadelphia. She later returned to New York with the same company to perform at Madison Square Theatre as Ada in Sealed Intentions. which received a stellar review on opening night. She performed in Engaged as Maggie McFarland starting in 1886, where acclaim for her performances began to mount. A reviewer in The New York Times said she "Imparts the charm that belongs to her delicate beauty." Other performances in 1886 that Russell performed in with A. M. Palmer's company at Madison Square Theatre include Young Mrs. Winthrop as Edith Our Society and Love's Martyr.
In 1887, Annie Russell earned the title role in the play Elaine by George Parsons Lathrop and Harry Edwards, a play later adopted by Mr. Palmer's company. Also in 1887, she played the role of Sylvia in an adaptation of L'Monde ou l'on ennuie originally by Édouard Pailleron.
After a brief illness, Russell returned to the Madison Square Theatre company on a tour to San Francisco in 1888 in Partners. She continued to appear in more plays afterward including Captain Swift in 1889. This was her last role before an extended illness in 1890.
Russell remained with Mr. Palmer's company at the Madison Square Theatre until 1894, upon joining Charles Frohman's company, Empire Stock. She returned to the stage in 1894, playing the lead female part in The New Woman. She reprised her role in Esmerelda in 1894 as well. By 1895, Annie Russell appeared in an increasing number of plays; including Ambition (1895) at the Fifth Avenue Theatre with Nat Goodwin. She performed in a new one-act play called Lethe. Later that year, she appeared in a prelude to Romeo and Juliet called Romeo's First Love and in The Gilded Fool, which earned Russell more critical acclaim. Towards the end of the year, she took a new role in Senator and Ingenue as Ruth.
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Annie Russell
Annie Ellen Russell (12 January 1864 – 16 January 1936) was a British-American stage actress.
Russell was born in Liverpool, England to Irish parents, Joseph Russell and Jane Mount. She moved to Canada when she was a child. She made her first appearance on the stage at eight years old with Rose Eytinge at the Montreal Academy of Music in Montreal, Canada. She visited the West Indies when she was twelve, overseeing her younger brother Tommy, the child actor in a touring production.
In 1881, in New York City, she performed in Esmerelda, a play written by Frances Hodgson Burnett and William Gillette. This play would later become one of her most successful and popular performances. Notwithstanding, reviews for the play, and for Russell's performance, were becoming unfavourable by the ninth month of the play's run—the reviewer says of her performance: "If she cares for her future, she will not waste time in spoiling her voice. ...Lacking knowledge and training, she screams in a most unhappy fashion." It ran for a year at the Madison Square Theatre and had over two hundred showings.
After Esmerelda, Russell did not perform on a similar scale for a few years. However, she was not completely removed from theatrical life. In 1883, she joined the New York Fifth Avenue Theatre company, with her mother, Jane, and little brother, Tommy. She performed in one of the tour companies of the play Hazel Kirke, in the title role, before leaving to marry her first husband in 1884.
Russell shortly fell ill—the first reported illness of many throughout her career. She returned in 1885, playing Zaire in the play Broken Hearts written by W. S. Gilbert. Later in the year, she performed in Young Mrs. Winthrop with the Palmer Company in Philadelphia. She later returned to New York with the same company to perform at Madison Square Theatre as Ada in Sealed Intentions. which received a stellar review on opening night. She performed in Engaged as Maggie McFarland starting in 1886, where acclaim for her performances began to mount. A reviewer in The New York Times said she "Imparts the charm that belongs to her delicate beauty." Other performances in 1886 that Russell performed in with A. M. Palmer's company at Madison Square Theatre include Young Mrs. Winthrop as Edith Our Society and Love's Martyr.
In 1887, Annie Russell earned the title role in the play Elaine by George Parsons Lathrop and Harry Edwards, a play later adopted by Mr. Palmer's company. Also in 1887, she played the role of Sylvia in an adaptation of L'Monde ou l'on ennuie originally by Édouard Pailleron.
After a brief illness, Russell returned to the Madison Square Theatre company on a tour to San Francisco in 1888 in Partners. She continued to appear in more plays afterward including Captain Swift in 1889. This was her last role before an extended illness in 1890.
Russell remained with Mr. Palmer's company at the Madison Square Theatre until 1894, upon joining Charles Frohman's company, Empire Stock. She returned to the stage in 1894, playing the lead female part in The New Woman. She reprised her role in Esmerelda in 1894 as well. By 1895, Annie Russell appeared in an increasing number of plays; including Ambition (1895) at the Fifth Avenue Theatre with Nat Goodwin. She performed in a new one-act play called Lethe. Later that year, she appeared in a prelude to Romeo and Juliet called Romeo's First Love and in The Gilded Fool, which earned Russell more critical acclaim. Towards the end of the year, she took a new role in Senator and Ingenue as Ruth.
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