Word: maddern
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...first U. S. part, given her by Director Harrison Grey ("Mr. Minnie Maddern") Fiske was that of a Negro maid in Mrs. Boltay's Daughters. She acted hither and yon until Arthur Richman's sweetish comedy Not So Long Ago remained on Broadway for two seasons. Two greater successes followed: Liliom, The Swan...
...Minnie Maddern Fiske, 64, was bora in New Orleans, daughter of Thomas W. Davey, theatrical manager. Aged 3, she appeared in Richard III; aged 15, she was starred with her own company. She has played Tess of the D'Urbervilles, Becky Sharp, Salvation Nell, many an Ibsen heroine. In 1890 she married theatrical director Harrison Grey Fiske who still stages her productions. Eight years ago she gave up tragic, wearing parts, but later rallied to play Ibsen's Ghosts. She wears no real furs or feathers, eats no flesh. In 1925 she said: "Society is so organized...
...Bumpstead-Leigh. So few playwrights have ever caught the evanescent quality that is the essence of Mrs. Minnie Maddern Fiske's acting that she is scarcely to be blamed for reviving a play from her past instead of trying to find and create something new. And, everything considered, this oldtime vehicle is as good as any to bring a very fine actress back to New York. It is obvious and it is awkward but it is also amusing, even after 18 years. The story is that of the daughter of a patent-medicine faker, who attempts to scale...
Actresses Minnie Maddern Fiske and Henrietta Crosman, and Actor Otis Skinner, who were playing The Merry Wives of Windsor...
...Minnie Maddern Fiske, actress, Litt...