1. Bijou Fernandez was an American stage and silent film actress.
23 Facts About Bijou Fernandez
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Bijou Fernandez appeared in a few movies in the silent film era.
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Bijou Fernandez was born in New York City on November 4,1877.
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Bijou Fernandez was the daughter of Escamillo L Fernandez and Emily L Bradshaw, who was a noted theatrical agent.
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Bijou Fernandez was a photographer's model known as the "photograph queen" in 1884.
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Bijou Fernandez proved popular as a page to Falstaff in The Merry Wives, a January 1886 production by Augustin Daly at Daly's Theatre on 30th Street.
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Bijou Fernandez was the recipient of a play, Peggy, The Fisherman's Child, written especially for her in 1887, and played in a production of it for the first time on June 7, at the Lyceum Theatre.
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Bijou Fernandez accepted a contract with the Daly company in July 1887, which bound her to the firm for a period of seven years.
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Bijou Fernandez was Puck in a production of A Midsummer Night's Dream at Daly's Theatre in February 1888.
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The elder Bijou Fernandez remarked to a friend that her daughter had become preoccupied with riding horseback "in divided skirts, smoking cigarettes, and making high balls".
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Bijou Fernandez performed the role at the Garrick Theatre during the 1901 season before her mother's objections almost caused her to withdraw the following year.
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Bijou Fernandez portrayed Ann Cruger, the daughter of a Wall Street tycoon and an enemy of her sinful brother.
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Bijou Fernandez joined Goldwyn Pictures in 1918 following the deaths of her mother and husband.
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Bijou Fernandez signed Patricia Collinge at the age of 16 and found her a role in The Queen of the Moulin Rouge.
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Bijou Fernandez appeared in New Toys, a silent feature which stars Richard Barthelmess, Mary Hay, and Clifton Webb.
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Bijou Fernandez played roles in The Girl I Left Behind Me as a member of the Empire Theatre Company, The Climbers with the Amelia Bingham Company, Arms and Man with Arnold Daly, and Man and Superman with Robert Lorraine.
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In 1937 Bijou Fernandez was in the cast of I'd Rather Be Right at the Alvin Theatre.
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Bijou Fernandez was among the honored actors at a tea given by the Drama League of New York at The Pierre Hotel, in November 1937.
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Bijou Fernandez died following a short illness at University Hospital in New York City in 1961.
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Bijou Fernandez lived at the Lancaster Hotel, 22 East 38th Street.
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Bijou Fernandez was a life member of the Episcopal Actors Guild and the Actors' Fund of America.
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Bijou Fernandez was elected as an Actors' Fund trustee for a three-year term on May 23,1919.
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Bijou Fernandez participated in the Stage Women's War Relief during World War I For a number of years Fernandez managed the program distribution for several benefits conducted by The Players and The Lambs.