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| birth_place = Washington, D.C. |
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| death_place = Plainville, Connecticut |
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| occupation = Actress |
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| spouse(s) = [[Arthur Hornblow Jr.]] |
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'''Juliette Crosby''' (September 14, 1895 – May 1, 1969) was an |
'''Juliette Crosby''' (September 14, 1895 – May 1, 1969) was an American actress and debutante. She is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of [[Velma Kelly]] in ''[[Chicago (musical)|Chicago]]'' in 1926. |
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== Early life == |
== Early life == |
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Crosby was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of [[Oscar Terry Crosby]] and Jeanne Maria Bouligny Crosby |
Crosby was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of explorer and politician [[Oscar Terry Crosby]] and Jeanne Maria Bouligny Crosby<ref name= season>{{Cite news |last=Wade |first=Margaret |date=1914-09-20 |title=Season Bound to be Brilliant |pages=11 |work=The Washington Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107832184/season-bound-to-be-brilliantmargaret/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> (granddaughter of [[Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny]], US Senator from Louisiana). Her parents were both from Louisiana; her father was an author and traveler and served as [[United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury|Assistant Secretary of the Treasury]] in the [[Woodrow Wilson]] administration.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1913-07-28 |title=Oscar T. Crosby Daring Explorer |pages=7 |work=The Washington Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107832691/oscar-t-crosby-daring-explorer/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> She graduated from [[Holton-Arms School]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |date=1969-05-03 |title=Mrs. Hornblow, 73, A Former Actress |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1969/05/03/archives/ltirs-horn-ploin-73-a-foriier-actress.html |access-date=2022-08-18 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was presented as a [[debutante]] in Washington, D.C.<ref name= season/> Her older sister [[Miriam Caracciolo di Melito|Miriam]], also an actress, married Italian aristocrat [[Mario Carillo]].<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 15, 1922 |title=Five O'Clock Tidings |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oJXolLEuuQwC&dq=Miriam+Crosby+countess+Caracciolo&pg=RA5-PA47 |journal=The Spur |volume=29 |pages=47}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eliot |first=Jean |date=1919-12-14 |title=Washington Society Girls on Stage |pages=19 |work=The Washington Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107832045/washington-society-girls-on-stagejean/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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== Career == |
== Career == |
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During [[World War I]], Crosby went to France as a [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] nurse,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Vivian |url=https://books.google. |
During [[World War I]], Crosby went to France as a [[International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement|Red Cross]] nurse,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reed |first=Vivian |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=fecIEAAAQBAJ&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PT223 |title=An American in Europe at War and Peace: Hugh S. Gibson's Chronicles, 1918-1919 |date=2020-11-23 |publisher=Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG |isbn=978-3-11-067238-1 |language=en}}</ref> while her father was director of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Her Broadway credits included roles in ''Martinique'' (1920),<ref>{{Cite journal |date=June 1920 |title=Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=w_Y5AQAAMAAJ&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=RA1-PA526 |journal=Theatre Magazine |volume=31 |pages=526–527}}</ref> ''The Nest'' (1922),<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=May 1922 |title=The Young Idea |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7UO5dQ9ns8kC&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=RA5-PA51 |magazine=Vanity Fair |volume=17 |pages=51}}</ref> ''The Love Child'' (1922 –1923), ''Home Fires'' (1923),<ref>{{Cite journal |date=October 1, 1923 |title=In Other Novelties of the New York Season |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mtw-3C6GwsIC&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PA59 |journal=The Spur |volume=32 |pages=59}}</ref> ''[[The Show-Off]]'' (1924 –1925),<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Kelly |first=George |date=May 1924 |title='The Show-Off' |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3MDJZWdmQjgC&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PA581 |journal=Current Opinion |volume=76 |pages=673–674}}</ref> ''Nirvana'' (1926), ''Chicago'' (1926–1927), and ''[[Charley's Aunt]]'' (1941).<ref name=":0" /> In the original production of ''Chicago,'' she was the first actress to play Velma Kelly.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Bloom |first=Ken |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AQyOAQAAQBAJ&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PT323 |title=Routledge Guide to Broadway |date=2013-10-18 |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-135-87116-1 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book |last=Erickson |first=Hal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RZlBDwAAQBAJ&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PA23 |title=Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters |date=2017-12-11 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-6605-1 |pages=23 |language=en}}</ref> She appeared in two films, ''[[Paris Bound]]'' (1929) and ''[[Charming Sinners]]'' (1929). In 1935 and 1936, she toured in a production of ''[[Dodsworth (play)|Dodsworth]]'' with [[Walter Huston]].<ref>{{Cite news |date=1935-12-21 |title=Walter Huston Coming in Person |pages=15 |work=Deseret News |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831334/walter-huston-coming-in-person/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-03-01 |title=Great Cast With Walter Huston in Appearance Here |pages=27 |work=Nashville Banner |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831668/great-cast-with-walter-huston-in/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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Crosby was considered stylish, and her dresses were photographed and described in detail in newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-07-02 |title=Actress Dons Gown Done in Batik by Jaap; Juliette Crosby, One of the Manhattans, Wears Novelty |pages=43 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831467/actress-dons-gown-done-in-batik-by/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
Crosby was considered stylish, and her dresses were photographed and described in detail in newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1922-07-02 |title=Actress Dons Gown Done in Batik by Jaap; Juliette Crosby, One of the Manhattans, Wears Novelty |pages=43 |work=Democrat and Chronicle |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831467/actress-dons-gown-done-in-batik-by/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
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Crosby married playwright, theatre critic, and film producer [[Arthur Hornblow Jr.]] in 1923.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-08-21 |title=Juliette Crosby to Wed a Playwright |pages=15 |work=The News-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831920/juliette-crosby-to-wed-a-playwright/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> They had a son, John Terry Hornblow.<ref>Carl Van Vechten (November 22, 1937), [https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2047111 "Juliette Crosby and John Terry Hornblow in Central Park, New York City"] (a series of photographs), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.</ref> They divorced in 1936,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-05-26 |title=Player Gets Reno Decree |pages=24 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831804/player-gets-reno-decree/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> a month before Hornblow married actress [[Myrna Loy]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leider |first=Emily W. |url=https://books.google. |
Crosby married playwright, theatre critic, and film producer [[Arthur Hornblow Jr.]] in 1923.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1923-08-21 |title=Juliette Crosby to Wed a Playwright |pages=15 |work=The News-Herald |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831920/juliette-crosby-to-wed-a-playwright/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> They had a son, John Terry Hornblow.<ref>Carl Van Vechten (November 22, 1937), [https://collections.library.yale.edu/catalog/2047111 "Juliette Crosby and John Terry Hornblow in Central Park, New York City"] (a series of photographs), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.</ref> They divorced in 1936,<ref>{{Cite news |date=1936-05-26 |title=Player Gets Reno Decree |pages=24 |work=The Los Angeles Times |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107831804/player-gets-reno-decree/ |access-date=2022-08-18 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> a month before Hornblow married actress [[Myrna Loy]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Leider |first=Emily W. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=j6kwDwAAQBAJ&dq=Juliette+Crosby&pg=PT103 |title=Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood |date=2012-07-09 |publisher=Univ of California Press |isbn=978-0-520-27450-1 |pages=92 |language=en}}</ref> She died in [[Plainville, Connecticut]] in 1969, aged 73 years.<ref name=":0" /> |
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Latest revision as of 13:34, 12 March 2024
Juliette Crosby | |
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 Juliette Crosby, from a 1924 publication | |
| Born | September 14, 1895 Washington, D.C. |
| Died | May 1, 1969 (aged 73) Plainville, Connecticut |
| Occupation | Actress |
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| Relatives | Miriam Caracciolo di Melito (sister) |
Juliette Crosby (September 14, 1895 – May 1, 1969) was an American actress and debutante. She is perhaps best remembered for originating the role of Velma Kelly in Chicago in 1926.
Early life[edit]
Crosby was born in Washington, D.C., the daughter of explorer and politician Oscar Terry Crosby and Jeanne Maria Bouligny Crosby[1] (granddaughter of Charles Dominique Joseph Bouligny, US Senator from Louisiana). Her parents were both from Louisiana; her father was an author and traveler and served as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the Woodrow Wilson administration.[2] She graduated from Holton-Arms School.[3] She was presented as a debutante in Washington, D.C.[1] Her older sister Miriam, also an actress, married Italian aristocrat Mario Carillo.[4][5]
Career[edit]
During World War I, Crosby went to France as a Red Cross nurse,[6] while her father was director of the Commission for Relief in Belgium. Her Broadway credits included roles in Martinique (1920),[7] The Nest (1922),[8] The Love Child (1922 –1923), Home Fires (1923),[9] The Show-Off (1924 –1925),[10] Nirvana (1926), Chicago (1926–1927), and Charley's Aunt (1941).[3] In the original production of Chicago, she was the first actress to play Velma Kelly.[11][12] She appeared in two films, Paris Bound (1929) and Charming Sinners (1929). In 1935 and 1936, she toured in a production of Dodsworth with Walter Huston.[13][14]
Crosby was considered stylish, and her dresses were photographed and described in detail in newspapers.[15]
Personal life[edit]
Crosby married playwright, theatre critic, and film producer Arthur Hornblow Jr. in 1923.[16] They had a son, John Terry Hornblow.[17] They divorced in 1936,[18] a month before Hornblow married actress Myrna Loy.[19] She died in Plainville, Connecticut in 1969, aged 73 years.[3]
References[edit]
- ^ a b Wade, Margaret (1914-09-20). "Season Bound to be Brilliant". The Washington Herald. p. 11. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Oscar T. Crosby Daring Explorer". The Washington Times. 1913-07-28. p. 7. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Mrs. Hornblow, 73, A Former Actress". The New York Times. 1969-05-03. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-18.
- ^ "Five O'Clock Tidings". The Spur. 29: 47. June 15, 1922.
- ^ Eliot, Jean (1919-12-14). "Washington Society Girls on Stage". The Washington Times. p. 19. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Reed, Vivian (2020-11-23). An American in Europe at War and Peace: Hugh S. Gibson's Chronicles, 1918-1919. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. ISBN 978-3-11-067238-1.
- ^ "Mr. Hornblow Goes to the Play". Theatre Magazine. 31: 526–527. June 1920.
- ^ "The Young Idea". Vanity Fair. Vol. 17. May 1922. p. 51.
- ^ "In Other Novelties of the New York Season". The Spur. 32: 59. October 1, 1923.
- ^ Kelly, George (May 1924). "'The Show-Off'". Current Opinion. 76: 673–674.
- ^ Bloom, Ken (2013-10-18). Routledge Guide to Broadway. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-87116-1.
- ^ Erickson, Hal (2017-12-11). Any Resemblance to Actual Persons: The Real People Behind 400+ Fictional Movie Characters. McFarland. p. 23. ISBN 978-1-4766-6605-1.
- ^ "Walter Huston Coming in Person". Deseret News. 1935-12-21. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Great Cast With Walter Huston in Appearance Here". Nashville Banner. 1936-03-01. p. 27. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Actress Dons Gown Done in Batik by Jaap; Juliette Crosby, One of the Manhattans, Wears Novelty". Democrat and Chronicle. 1922-07-02. p. 43. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Juliette Crosby to Wed a Playwright". The News-Herald. 1923-08-21. p. 15. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Carl Van Vechten (November 22, 1937), "Juliette Crosby and John Terry Hornblow in Central Park, New York City" (a series of photographs), Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University.
- ^ "Player Gets Reno Decree". The Los Angeles Times. 1936-05-26. p. 24. Retrieved 2022-08-18 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Leider, Emily W. (2012-07-09). Myrna Loy: The Only Good Girl in Hollywood. Univ of California Press. p. 92. ISBN 978-0-520-27450-1.
