Isabel Irving Explained

Birth Date:28 February 1871
Birth Place:Bridgeport, Connecticut
Death Place:Nantucket, Massachusetts
Yearsactive:1887–1936
Spouse:William H. Thompson (1899 – 1923)

Isabel Irving (February 28, 1871 –September 1, 1944) was an American stage actress.

Irving made her London debut at the Lyceum Theatre in 1890 as Daisy in Nancy and Company.[1]

In 1894, she signed a three-year contract with the manager of the Lyceum Theatre in New York, stipulating "for the first time in her short career on stage," that she shall have "leading business."[2] Until that time she had played the ingenue and other small parts.

Life

Isabel Irving was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 28, 1871 to Charles Washington and Isabella Irving.[3] She made her New York stage debut in c. 1886[4] [5] at the Standard Theatre in The Schoolmistress under Rosina Vokes.[6]

In 1899, after a secret engagement, Irving married the actor William H. Thompson who died in 1923.In 1907, an Oregon newspaper (The Morning Oregonian) called her a "brilliant American actress" and "a charming actress and comedienne" during her national tour performance there in Susan In Search of a Husband.[7] [8]

She retired from her long career in theater in 1936 after completing her final tour in Three Wise Fools. She died in 1944 in Nantucket at 73.

Selected appearances

Irving appeared in numerous productions during her 50-year career.[9]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: ISABEL IRVIN6, 3, ACTRESS 50 Years; Star in Companies of Vokes, Daly and Frohman Dies-Played Opposite Drew. 2019-11-21. timesmachine.nytimes.com. en.
  2. Web site: ISABEL IRVING'S PLANS.; The Young Actress to be a Member of Mr. Frohman's Company.. 2019-11-21. timesmachine.nytimes.com. en.
  3. Leonard, John William (1914). Woman's Who's Who of America: a Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, American Commonwealth Company, pg. 423.
  4. Web site: ISABEL IRVIN6, 3, ACTRESS 50 Years; Star in Companies of Vokes, Daly and Frohman Dies-Played Opposite Drew. timesmachine.nytimes.com. en. 2019-11-21.
  5. Web site: MISS ISABEL IRVING WEDS.; Ceremony performed in New Jersey Unltes the Actress to Thompson, the Actor.. timesmachine.nytimes.com. en. 2019-11-21.
  6. Web site: ISABEL IRVING'S PLANS.; The Young Actress to be a Member of Mr. Frohman's Company.. timesmachine.nytimes.com. en. 2019-11-21.
  7. Library. University of Oregon, Knight. 1907-02-01. Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 01, 1907, Image 14. 1907/02/01. 14.
  8. Library. University of Oregon, Knight. 1907-02-02. Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 02, 1907, Image 14. 1907/02/02. 14.
  9. Book: Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada. 423. 1914. American Commonwealth Company. 978-0-8103-4018-3. en.