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{{short description|American film and theatre actress}}
{{Short description|American film and theatre actress (1893–1972)}}


{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
|name = Virginia Hammond
| name = Virginia Hammond
|image = Virginia Hammond MPW 1916.jpg
| image = VirginiaHammond1920.png
| alt = A white woman with coiffed hair, seated, wearing a dress with distinctive striped sleeves
|caption = Hammond in 1916
| caption = Virginia Hammond, from a 1920 publication
|birth_date = {{birth date|1893|08|20}}
| birth_date = {{birth date|1893|08|20}}
|birth_place = [[Staunton, Virginia]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Staunton, Virginia]], U.S.
|death_date = {{death date and age|1972|04|06|1893|08|20}}
| death_date = {{death date and age|1972|04|06|1893|08|20}}
|death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
| death_place = [[Washington, D.C.]], U.S.
|occupation = Film and theatre actress
| occupation = Film and theatre actress
|years_active = 1907–1947
| years_active = 1907–1947
}}
}}


'''Virginia Hammond''' (August 20, 1893<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/Silent_Film_Necrology/iqIYAQAAIAAJ?hl=en|title=Silent Film Necrology|page=225|first=Eugene|last=Vazzana|publisher=McFarland|date=2001|ISBN=9780786410590|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA313&dq#v=onepage&q&f=false|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|first=Scott|last=Wilson|page=313|publisher=McFarland|date=August 19, 2016|ISBN=9781476625997|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> – April 6, 1972) was an American film and theatre actress.
'''Virginia Hammond''' (August 20, 1893<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iqIYAQAAIAAJ|title=Silent Film Necrology|page=225|first=Eugene|last=Vazzana|publisher=McFarland|date=2001|isbn=9780786410590|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref><ref name="a">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FOHgDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA313|title=Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.|first=Scott|last=Wilson|page=313|publisher=McFarland|date=August 19, 2016|isbn=9781476625997|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> – April 6, 1972) was an American film and theatre actress.


Born in [[Staunton, Virginia]].<ref name="a" /> Hammond was the daughter of a Confederate army major.<ref name="ma">{{cite news |title=Virginia Hammond Stars at Empire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91873693/virginia-hammond/ |access-date=January 5, 2022 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=March 12, 1918 |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
Born in [[Staunton, Virginia]].<ref name="a" /> Hammond was the daughter of a Confederate army major.<ref name="ma">{{cite news |title=Virginia Hammond Stars at Empire |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/91873693/virginia-hammond/ |access-date=January 5, 2022 |work=The Montgomery Advertiser |date=March 12, 1918 |page=18|via = [[Newspapers.com]]}}</ref>
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[[File:Herbert Corthell, Edna Hibbard, Charles Ruggles, Zelda Sears and Virginia Hammond in "Tumble In".jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hammond (right) with [[Herbert Corthell]], [[Edna Hibbard]], [[Charlie Ruggles]] and [[Zelda Sears]] in ''Tumble In'', 1919]]
[[File:Herbert Corthell, Edna Hibbard, Charles Ruggles, Zelda Sears and Virginia Hammond in "Tumble In".jpg|thumb|upright=1.1|Hammond (right) with [[Herbert Corthell]], [[Edna Hibbard]], [[Charlie Ruggles]] and [[Zelda Sears]] in ''Tumble In'', 1919]]


Hammond then began her film career in 1916, when she appeared in the [[silent film]] ''Vultures of Society'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Moving_Picture_World/saMbAQAAMAAJ?hl=en|title=The Moving Picture World: Volume 27|page=1118|date=1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> in which she played the role of "Mrs. Upperwon". In her film career, Hammond starred and co-starred in films, such as, ''[[Anybody's Woman]]'', ''[[The Great Impersonation (1935 film)|The Great Impersonation]]'',<ref name="a" /> ''[[The Virginia Judge (film)|The Virginia Judge]]'', ''[[The Kiss (1916 film)|The Kiss]]'', ''[[Charlie Chan's Courage]]'' and ''[[Chandu the Magician (film)|Chandu the Magician]]''.<ref name="a" /> Her final credit was from 1936 film ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', in which she played the role of "Lady Montague.<ref name="a" />
Hammond then began her film career in 1916, when she appeared in the [[silent film]] ''Vultures of Society'',<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=saMbAQAAMAAJ|title=The Moving Picture World: Volume 27|page=1118|date=1916|publisher=World Photographic Publishing Company|via=[[Google Books]]}}</ref> in which she played the role of "Mrs. Upperwon". In her film career, Hammond starred and co-starred in films, such as, ''[[Anybody's Woman]]'', ''[[The Great Impersonation (1935 film)|The Great Impersonation]]'',<ref name="a" /> ''[[The Virginia Judge (film)|The Virginia Judge]]'', ''[[The Kiss (1916 film)|The Kiss]]'', ''[[Charlie Chan's Courage]]'' and ''[[Chandu the Magician (film)|Chandu the Magician]]''.<ref name="a" /> Her final credit was from 1936 film ''[[Romeo and Juliet (1936 film)|Romeo and Juliet]]'', in which she played the role of "Lady Montague.<ref name="a" />

She was actress [[Edna May Oliver]]'s best friend.<ref>"Edna May Oliver's Funeral Services Set for Tomorrow," The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 11, 1942</ref>


Hammond died in April 1972 in [[Washington, D.C.]], at the age of 78.<ref name="a" /> She was buried in [[Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)|Fort Lincoln Cemetery]].<ref name="a" />
Hammond died in April 1972 in [[Washington, D.C.]], at the age of 78.<ref name="a" /> She was buried in [[Fort Lincoln (Washington, D.C.)|Fort Lincoln Cemetery]].<ref name="a" />
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*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/virginia_hammond/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
*[https://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/virginia_hammond/ Rotten Tomatoes profile]
*{{Find a Grave|88453847}}


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[[Category:American film actresses]]
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[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American stage actresses]]
[[Category:American silent film actresses]]
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[[Category:20th-century American actresses]]
[[Category:Burials in Washington (state)]]
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Latest revision as of 01:08, 20 March 2023

Virginia Hammond
A white woman with coiffed hair, seated, wearing a dress with distinctive striped sleeves
Virginia Hammond, from a 1920 publication
Born(1893-08-20)August 20, 1893
Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
DiedApril 6, 1972(1972-04-06) (aged 78)
Washington, D.C., U.S.
Occupation(s)Film and theatre actress
Years active1907–1947

Virginia Hammond (August 20, 1893[1][2] – April 6, 1972) was an American film and theatre actress.

Born in Staunton, Virginia.[2] Hammond was the daughter of a Confederate army major.[3]

Hammond began her career in 1907, where she made her theatre debut in the Broadway play, titled, John the Baptist.[4] She continued her career, mainly appearing on theatre, in which her credits includes, Our American Cousin, The Famous Mrs. Fair, Tumble In, What's Your Husband Doing?, The Man Who Came to Dinner, Arsene Lupin, What the Doctor Ordered and Desert Sands, among others.[4] Her final theatre credit was from the Broadway play, titled, Craig's Wife, in which she played the role of "Mrs. Frazier", in 1947.[4]

Hammond (right) with Herbert Corthell, Edna Hibbard, Charlie Ruggles and Zelda Sears in Tumble In, 1919

Hammond then began her film career in 1916, when she appeared in the silent film Vultures of Society,[5] in which she played the role of "Mrs. Upperwon". In her film career, Hammond starred and co-starred in films, such as, Anybody's Woman, The Great Impersonation,[2] The Virginia Judge, The Kiss, Charlie Chan's Courage and Chandu the Magician.[2] Her final credit was from 1936 film Romeo and Juliet, in which she played the role of "Lady Montague.[2]

She was actress Edna May Oliver's best friend.[6]

Hammond died in April 1972 in Washington, D.C., at the age of 78.[2] She was buried in Fort Lincoln Cemetery.[2]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Vazzana, Eugene (2001). Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. p. 225. ISBN 9780786410590 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Wilson, Scott (August 19, 2016). Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p. 313. ISBN 9781476625997 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Virginia Hammond Stars at Empire". The Montgomery Advertiser. March 12, 1918. p. 18. Retrieved January 5, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ a b c "Virginia Hammond". Internet Broadway Database. Retrieved January 2, 2022.
  5. ^ The Moving Picture World: Volume 27. World Photographic Publishing Company. 1916. p. 1118 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ "Edna May Oliver's Funeral Services Set for Tomorrow," The Los Angeles Times, Nov. 11, 1942

External links[edit]

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