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About Henrietta Foster Campbell
Henrietta Foster Crosman
Actress - Stage & Screen
Niece of Stephen Collins Foster, "Father of American Music"
Daughter of West Virginia Army Officer
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- http://www.lindapages.com/wags-ohio/hcrosman.htm
- https://www.wvgenweb.org/ohio/hcrosman.htm
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Crosman
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Crosman
Henrietta Crosman (September 2, 1861 – October 31, 1944) was an American stage and film actress. She was born in Wheeling West Virginia to George Crosman, a Civil War Major and Mary B. Wick, who was a niece of Stephen Foster.
Theatrical career
Crosman moved all over the US from post to post with her army father, and so was educated in many places. On leaving school she decided to become an actress. She got her start in 1883 in local New York theater first being managed by John W. Ellsler. Then she toured the country with Robert L. Downing in classic parts. In 1889 she appeared in her first Shakespeare play As You Like It at Daly's theater. During the course of the early 1890s she was managed by Daniel Frohman and appeared in his stock company. From 1892-94 her career was managed by Daniel's brother, Charles Frohman. For a short period during 1891, and in between Frohman brothers, she was under the aegis of A. M. Palmer.
The types of roles Crosman excelled in were adventure romances or the popular drawing farces then prevalent in the late Victorian era. By 1900 Crosman was a star and appeared for the first time as such in Mistress Nell keeping in line with the sort of costume adventures that were becoming her forte. In 1902 she appeared in the productions of "Joan of the Shoals", "As You Like It" and "The Sword of the King". In 1903 she premiered another exceptional play "Sweet Kitty Bellairs". Several of these plays would turn up as films in the silent era played by younger actresses. Crosman now in her forties started to slow down on the strenouous sword carrying, heavy costume adventures that she was popular in. Much of the remainder of her theatrical career would consist of drawing room comedies and farces, a type of playing that was less hectic for an aging actress. However she would return to revivals of Shakespeare i.e. The Merry Wives of Windsor in 1915 with Viola Allen or in the 20s Sheridan's The Rivals.
Movies
Crosman, like many a heralded stage star, held off from motion pictures. But by 1914 and possibly out of curiosity she 'signed up', as the popular motto went at the time, for a one picture deal with Adolph Zukor's Famous Players. The film was a movie version of The Unwelcome Mrs. Hatch, which as a play had been a winning success for Mrs Fiske in 1901 on Broadway. The Supreme Test followed in 1915 for Universal but afterwards her silent film appearances were sporadic. Her husband Maurice Campbell joined his wife in the movie industry eventually becoming a noted director. By 1930 silent films had given way to talking pictures and as in 1914 the motion picture business courted stage trained actors. Crosman a veteran and now approaching seventy had a career resurgence endearing herself to a new younger generation who never had the chance to see her in her youth on stage. One of her first talking movies was The Royal Family, a Paramount version of the play by Edna Ferber, loosely based on the Barrymore family
Personal life
Despite her very busy theater career Crosman found time to marry and gave birth to two sons. George was born in 1887 with her first husband J. Sedley Brown. Brown later married actress Carrie Clark Ward. By the mid 1890s she was married to Maurice Campbell and bore him a son, Maurice Jr. in 1896. The marriage to Campbell, eight years her junior, was a long and happy one and ended with his death in 1942. Crosman survived her husband by two years passing away in October 1944.
Filmography
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Crosman#Filmography
She was an actress. A former leading stage actress, she appeared in motion pictures from 1914-1934, usually in a grande dame role. Henrietta Grosman Campbell
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Henrietta Foster Campbell's Timeline
| 1861 |
September 2, 1861
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Wheeling, Ohio County, West Virginia, United States
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| 1887 |
March 31, 1887
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Youngstown, Mahoning County, Ohio, United States
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1899
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| 1944 |
October 31, 1944
Age 83
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Pelham Manor, Westchester, New York, United States
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Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, Westchester County, New York, USA, New York, New York, United States
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