Susan Beverly Sitgreaves was born in Charleston, South Carolina, on April 17,1863, the eldest of six children raised by Julius A and Eliza B Sitgreaves.
14 Facts About Beverley Sitgreaves
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Julius Sitgreaves was one of two men, the other, South Carolinian newspaper editor Edmund Ruffin, credited with firing the first shot in the American Civil War at the onset of the battle for Fort Sumter.
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Beverley Sitgreaves was complimented by a critic for her presentation of a woman who dresses stylishly.
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Beverley Sitgreaves was to have been the leading lady in The First Visit, an English version of Une Visite de Noces, by Alexandre Dumas, fils.
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The Heir to the Hoorah was presented for the 100th consecutive time in July 1905, with Beverley Sitgreaves acting the part of Kate Brandon.
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Bernhardt was playing in New York at the time and sent a letter to Beverley Sitgreaves expressing support when she was solicited for assistance.
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Beverley Sitgreaves was among the stage players along with Janet Dunbar and William Raymond.
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Beverley Sitgreaves participated in a benefit at the Waldorf-Astoria to raise money for an annex of the Loomis Sanitorium for Consumptives at Liberty, New York.
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Beverley Sitgreaves entertained by giving impersonations of Bernhardt and Eleanor Duse.
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Beverley Sitgreaves made an appearance for the British War Relief Society at the Lyceum Theatre in November 1914.
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Beverley Sitgreaves was featured in the melodrama, Gruesome Grange, together with Anthony Hope and Frank Kemble Cooper.
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Beverley Sitgreaves did Duse from Francesca di Rimini and Bernhardt's To be, or not to be from Hamlet.
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Beverley Sitgreaves contributed to the event which was organized by Florence Reed, star of The Shanghai Gesture.
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Beverley Sitgreaves died at her New York City residence on July 14,1943.