Emma Tansey
Emma Tansey (born September 12, 1870 in Louisville , Kentucky ; died March 23, 1942 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American actress . She starred in more than 50 films between 1914 and 1941.
Career
Emma Purcell was born in Louisville , Kentucky in 1870 and was already on the stage at the age of two. In 1891 she starred in 151 performances of the musical Wang by DeWolf Hopper on the stage of the Broadway Theater . She married the actor Harry Tansey from St. Louis , Missouri . In 1897, 1901 and 1904 the three sons Robert Emmett , John and James Sheridan were born. From 1907 the older sons appeared on Broadway, in 1908 John and in 1911 Robert Emmett received the first film roles. John Tansey became the American Mutoscope and Biograph Company 's child star in the years that followed . Emma's husband Harry Tansey died at home of pneumonia on March 12, 1910.
In 1914 Emma Tansey took on her first film role in The First Law , a film by the Biograph Company, but played only sporadic minor roles until 1930. It wasn't until 1932, when she had moved to California with her three sons, that her roles became more frequent. Forty of her 56 films were made in the following years.
Filmography (selection)
- 1914: The First Law
- 1914: Blacksmith Ben
- 1922: Are Children to Blame?
- 1924: A ten-minute egg
- 1929: The Lone Horseman
- 1930: Beyond the Rio Grande
- 1941: Wrangler's Roost
Individual evidence
- ↑ Chuck Anderson: Bob, Sherry, John and Emma ... The Tansey Family in Hollywood . The Old Corral website , accessed January 23, 2019.
- ↑ Emma Tansey in the Internet Movie Database (English) , accessed on 23 January of 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tansey, Emma |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | US-american actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1870 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 23, 1942 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California |