Jane Corcoran Explained

Jane Corcoran
Other Names:	Jane C. Baxter
Birth Date:	August 13, 1881
Birth Place:	San Francisco, California
Death Date:	August 27, 1961
Death Place:	San Francisco, California
Occupation:	Actress

Jane Corcoran (August 13, 1881 – August 27, 1961) was an American stage actress.

Early life

Jane Eleanor Corcoran was born in San Francisco, the daughter of actress Estha (or Esta) Williams^[1] and Joseph T. Corcoran, and stepdaughter of director Arthur Clifford Aiston, who was also her manager.^{[2] [3]} She began acting as a child. She attended the Institute of Holy Angels in Fort Lee, New Jersey, for her schooling.^[4]

Career

Broadway appearances by Corcoran included roles in A Stranger in a Strange Land (1899),^[5] All for a Girl (1908), Mother (1910),^[6] A Rich Man's Son (1912), Life (1914),^[7] Drifting (1922), The World We Live In (1922),^[8] Kitty's Kisses (1926), Street Scene (1929), Little Orchid Annie (1930), Little Women (1931), A Night of Barrie (1932), A Saturday Night (1933), A Party (1933), and While Parents Sleep (1934). Other stage credits, often in touring productions, included roles in Tennessee's Pardner, Mlle Fifi, At the Old Cross Roads,^[9] Pretty Peggy,^[10] The Freedom of Suzanne,^[11] The Man of the Hour, Divorçons, A Doll's House,^[12] and A Gentleman from Mississippi.

Corcoran appeared in a short silent film, Mother (1914), adapted from the Broadway show. She also had uncredited small parts in two later films, Fritz Lang's Fury (1936) and John Cromwell's Abe Lincoln in Illinois (1940).

Personal life

Corcoran married Brooklyn businessman and theatrical producer J. Emmett Baxter in 1902. She was widowed when Baxter died in 1920.^{[13] [14]} She lived with her mother and a nurse in Los Angeles in 1940.^[15] She died in Philadelphia at the Greystone Nursing Home on Aug 27, 1961, aged 80 years. She was buried at Westminster Cemetery.^[16]

Notes and References

1. News: 1941-07-24. Mrs. Estha Williams Aiston. 25. The Los Angeles Times. 2020-09-28. Newspapers.com.
2. News: 1906-12-09. This Week's Attractions at the Becker Theatre. 11. The Shawnee Daily Herald. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
3. News: 1902-06-27. Actress to be Married to Young Brooklynite. 5. The Evening World. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
4. Book: Briscoe, Johnson. The Actors' Birthday Book: Third Series. An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January First and December Thirty-first. 1909. Moffat, Yard. 190. en.
5. News: April 18, 1909. The Grand's Program. 30. Sacramento Union. August 27, 2020. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
6. October 1911. Plays and Players. The Texas Magazine. 4. 52. Eberle. Frank. Denmark. Harry Van.
7. December 1914. Manhattan Opera House. The Theatre Magazine. 20. 306.
8. January 1923. The World We Live in. The Theatre Magazine. 37. 23. Thorold. W. J.. Hornblow Jr.. Arthur. Perriton. Maxwell. Beach. Stewart.
9. News: December 1, 1904. Jane Corcoran Will Play Here Saturday. 4. Chico Record. August 27, 2020. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
10. News: November 15, 1904. Jane Corcoran 'Pretty Peggy' at Opera House. 5. Morning Press. August 27, 2020. California Digital Newspaper Collection.
11. News: 1906-11-23. Jane Corcoran: How a Seattle News Critic Sized Up Her and Her Company. 8. The Anthony Bulletin. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
12. News: 1907-12-26. Miss Jane Corcoran in 'A Doll's House' -- Best Attraction of the Year. 3. The Horton Headlight-Commercial. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
13. News: 1920-10-07. Baxter. 20. The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
14. News: 1920-10-07. J. Emmett Baxter. 2. Asbury Park Press. 2020-08-27. Newspapers.com.
15. Web site: Jane Baxter from Councilmanic District 3 Los Angeles in 1940 Census District 60-187. 2020-08-27. Archives.com.
16. Death Certificate