Beatrice Beckley | |
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Born | Beatrice Mary Beckley
[1] 4 June 1882 [2]
Hampstead, London |
Died | 8 February 1959 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Stage actress |
Spouse |
James K. Hackett
(
m. 1911; died 1926) |
Beatrice Mary Beckley (4 June 1882 – 8 February 1959) was an English-born American actress of stage and screen. [3]
Beckley was born in Hampstead, London, to Lt. Col. Thomas Beckley and Emily Margaretta Hernulewicz. [4] [5] She was trained by Geneviève Ward. Her first appearance on the stage was in an amateur production of W S Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea at Hampstead Town Hall. [6] She made her stage debut in London in a 1901 production of H. V. Esmond's The Wilderness [7] before moving to the United States. [8] She spent four seasons with the company of James K. Hackett, before marrying him in a lawyer's office in Milwaukee on 16 December 1911. [8] [9]
Beckley appeared in many theater productions in the United States, including main roles in The Walls of Jericho, Samson, and The Prisoner of Zenda, opposite Hackett. [9] [10] She also reprised her stage roles in film adaptations of The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) and Should a Husband Forgive? (1919). [8]
When her husband died in Paris on 8 November 1926, he was cremated there, and his ashes taken for interment in the family vault at the Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. [11] Beckley inherited a life interest in most of Hackett's property [12] and more than $273,000 USD. [13] When she died her estate was valued at £5127.
She died of complications from Parkinson's disease at the Hôtel du Louvre in Monte Carlo, aged 73. [14]
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Beatrice Beckley | |
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![]() | |
Born | Beatrice Mary Beckley
[1] 4 June 1882 [2]
Hampstead, London |
Died | 8 February 1959 | (aged 74)
Occupation | Stage actress |
Spouse |
James K. Hackett
(
m. 1911; died 1926) |
Beatrice Mary Beckley (4 June 1882 – 8 February 1959) was an English-born American actress of stage and screen. [3]
Beckley was born in Hampstead, London, to Lt. Col. Thomas Beckley and Emily Margaretta Hernulewicz. [4] [5] She was trained by Geneviève Ward. Her first appearance on the stage was in an amateur production of W S Gilbert's Pygmalion and Galatea at Hampstead Town Hall. [6] She made her stage debut in London in a 1901 production of H. V. Esmond's The Wilderness [7] before moving to the United States. [8] She spent four seasons with the company of James K. Hackett, before marrying him in a lawyer's office in Milwaukee on 16 December 1911. [8] [9]
Beckley appeared in many theater productions in the United States, including main roles in The Walls of Jericho, Samson, and The Prisoner of Zenda, opposite Hackett. [9] [10] She also reprised her stage roles in film adaptations of The Prisoner of Zenda (1913) and Should a Husband Forgive? (1919). [8]
When her husband died in Paris on 8 November 1926, he was cremated there, and his ashes taken for interment in the family vault at the Woodlawn Cemetery in New York. [11] Beckley inherited a life interest in most of Hackett's property [12] and more than $273,000 USD. [13] When she died her estate was valued at £5127.
She died of complications from Parkinson's disease at the Hôtel du Louvre in Monte Carlo, aged 73. [14]
Media related to
Beatrice Beckley at Wikimedia Commons