Annie Robe Explained

Annie Robe
Birth Date:1866
Birth Place:London, England
Death Date:July 26, 1922
Death Place:Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Restingplace:Swan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
Occupation:Actress
Spouse:Daniel Paine Griswold (m. 1888-1911 his death)

Annie Robe (1866–1922) was an English-born American stage actress prominent in the final decades of the Victorian Era, the 1880s and 1890s.[1]

Robe's father was a scenic artist, and her mother was English actress Eliza Rugg. Robe began acting when she was 11 years old. Lester Wallack discovered her on a visit to England and brought her to the United States to act with his company.[2]

She was distantly related, through marriage, to Ethel Barrymore, whose husband Russell Griswold Colt was a relative of Robe's husband Daniel Paine Griswold.[3]

Robe died a widow at Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 26, 1922.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1922-07-29/ed-1/seq-7/#date1=1920&index=10&rows=20&words=Annie+Robe&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1930&protext=annie+robe&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 New York Tribune; July 29, 1922 "Mrs. D.P. Griswold Buried"
  2. News: Mrs. Daniel Griswold, once Annie Robe, actress, dies . April 4, 2021 . St. Louis Post-Dispatch . July 27, 1922 . 17. Newspapers.com.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=yaZOAQAAMAAJ&dq=annie+robe+marries+daniel+griswold&pg=PA476 Theatre Magazine, Volume 31
  4. http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1922-07-26/ed-1/seq-2/#date1=1920&index=8&rows=20&words=Annie+Robe&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1930&protext=annie+robe&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Evening World, July 26, 1922, Page 2 "The Widow of Daniel P. Griswold Dead"