1. Virginia Earle was an American stage actress remembered for her work in light operas, Edwardian musical comedies and vaudeville over the decades surrounding the turn of the 20th century.
18 Facts About Virginia Earle
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Virginia Earle made her stage debut in 1887 playing Nanki-Poo in Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado with the Home Juvenile Opera Company.
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Virginia Earle next joined the Pike Opera Company on a tour of the American West that eventually brought her to San Francisco, where she was engaged by Frederick Hallen and Joseph Hart's vaudeville company.
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Virginia Earle appeared in the comic opera portion of The Merry World, a revue written by Edgar Smith and Nicholas Biddle.
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Virginia Earle was joined in the musical burlesque section by Willard Simms, Wallace Black, and Lee Harrison.
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When she returned Virginia Earle sang a new song in the part, "Only a Lump of Sugar for the Bird".
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Virginia Earle's services were obtained by Samuel S Shubert of the Shubert Theatre in May 1903.
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Virginia Earle was in vaudeville for several seasons prior to becoming ill.
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Virginia Earle was unable to perform on Broadway for several seasons prior to landing a leading role in The Wedding Trip, with music by Reginald De Koven, in November 1911.
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Virginia Earle replaced Lina Abarbanell as Molly Seamore, the heroine, in an April 1913 production of The Geisha.
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Virginia Earle apprehended Jennie Baldwin when she recognized the woman wearing one of the cloaks she wore in a production of The Merry World.
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Baldwin was walking along Sixth Avenue, near 28th Street in Manhattan, when Virginia Earle seized her and screamed for help.
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Virginia Earle's husband admitted to finding the cloak and several people vouched for Baldwin's character.
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Virginia Earle offered it to a deputy clerk who declined it.
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Virginia Earle confessed to the superstition of wearing a ring on her thumb for nine years.
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Virginia Earle said the sole occasion she experienced bad luck was when she wore a hat with a peacock feather on it.
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Virginia Earle brought a divorce action against Lawton in February 1897.
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Virginia Earle died at the age of 64 on September 21,1937, in Englewood, New Jersey.