14 Facts About Blanche Walsh

Blanche Walsh was a highly regarded American stage actress who appeared in one film, Resurrection based on the novel by Leo Tolstoy and the first three reel treatment of any Tolstoy story.

Blanche Walsh made her stage debut at 15 in 1888 and acted in Charles Frohman's stock company.

Blanche Walsh began picking up the emotional roles that Fanny Davenport had been playing, as Davenport was ill for a time prior to her 1898 death.

Blanche Walsh was much younger than Davenport but bore a strong resemblance to her.

In 1901, Blanche Walsh did a four-week engagement at the Elitch Theatre in Denver, Colorado.

Blanche Walsh opened in Under Two Flags the dramatization of Ouida's novel by Denverite, Edward Elsner.

Blanche Walsh starred in a production of Tolstoy's The Kreutzer Sonata in 1904.

Blanche Walsh's name is in big bold letters but she doesn't appear anywhere in the film.

In 1912 Blanche Walsh agreed to do one motion picture for an independent film company, a film adaptation of the Tolstoy play she had been acting in on the stage, Resurrection.

Blanche Walsh was one of the first major stage stars to make a film over 30 minutes long.

Blanche Walsh was married to Alfred Hickman from 1896 to 1903.

Blanche Walsh remarried to William Travers in 1906, with whom she remained married to until her death.

Blanche Walsh died on October 31,1915, after a final bout with her kidney problems.

Blanche Walsh's sudden death was a shock to theater goers and journalists alike.