Emily Ann Wellman Explained

Emily Ann Wellman should not be confused with Emmy Wehlen.

Emily Ann Wellman (– March 19, 1946),^[1] also known as Emily Ann Barker,^[2] was an English born stage actress and playwright. Her earliest Broadway credit is from 1908 in The Man Who Stood Still, produced by William A. Brady. She appeared with Louis Mann and Mathilde Cottrelly in The Cheater in 1910 and again with Mann in 1912 in Elevating A Husband.^[3] In 1920, a play she wrote called A Question of Time was produced off Broadway by A. H. Woods.^[4] She died in New York City on March 19, 1946.^[5]

Marriages

She was married at least three times once to a Billy Dornberg and then a physician Dr. H. W. Wellman by whose surname she acted under professionally. Her final marriage was to the actor Richard Gordon.^[6]

Selected plays

• The Who Stood Still (1908)
• The Cheater (1910)
• Elevating a Husband (1912)^[7]
• The Unborn (1915)
• The Guilty Man (1916)
• The Wasp (1923)
• The Dagger (1925)

External links

• Internet Broadway Database
• Emily Ann Wellman portraits gallery(NY Public Library; Billy Rose collection)
• Old Mill Cigarettes stenciling Emily Ann Wellman(archived)

Notes and References

1. Who Was Who on Screen p. 484 by Evelyn Mack Truitt c. 1977, 3rd ed.
2. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn87062011/1915-05-31/ed-1/seq-4/#date1=1910&index=17&rows=20&words=Ann+Emily+Wellman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1920&proxtext=emily+ann+wellman&y=9&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Nome Daily Nugget
3. Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860–1970, pp. 120 & 135 by Daniel Blum c. 1969
4. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045462/1920-05-16/ed-1/seq-57/#date1=1910&index=198&rows=20&words=ANN+Ann+Emily+EMILY+Wellman+WELLMAN&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1920&proxtext=emily+ann+wellman&y=9&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Evening Star (Washington D.C.)
5. Encyclopedia: Wellman, Emily Ann (d. 1946) . Anne Commire. Anne Commire . Deborah Klezmer . . 2006 . 1 March 2023 . Encyclopedia.com .
6. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn84026749/1933-07-18/ed-1/seq-8/#date1=1930&index=1&rows=20&words=Ann+Emily+Wellman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1940&proxtext=emily+ann+wellman&y=16&x=10&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Washington Times
7. https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn89053729/1912-11-01/ed-2/seq-8/#date1=1910&index=0&rows=20&words=Ann+Emily+Wellman&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1920&proxtext=emily+ann+wellman&y=9&x=14&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 The Atlanta Georgian and News