Jean Hathaway Explained

Jean Hathaway
Other Names:Marquise Lillie de Fiennes,
Jane Hathaway
Birth Name:Lillie Bishop
Birth Date:June 15, 1876
Birth Place:Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hungary)
Death Date:August 23, 1938 (aged 62)
Death Place:Los Angeles, California, United States
Burial Place:Forest Lawn Memorial Park
Occupation:Belgian marquess, singer, actress, screenplay writer
Years Active:1902–1925
Spouse:Rhody Hathaway (m. 1894–1938; death)
Children:4, including Henry Hathaway

Jean Hathaway (née Lillie Bishop;[1] 1876–1938) was a Hungarian-born Belgian and American stage and silent film actress, singer, and claimed to be a Belgian Marquise though marriage.[2] [3] [4] Her career began on the vaudeville circuit; and by 1908 she was an early star of Allan Dwan's American Film Manufacturing Company. After her marriage in 1894, she also went by the names Marquise Lillie de Fiennes and Jane Hathaway.

Early life and family

She was born as Lillie Bishop on June 15, 1876, in Budapest during the Austro-Hungarian Empire (now Hungary). She immigrated to the United States around 1882.

She was married to San Francisco actor Rhody Hathaway (1868–1944; né Rudolph Henry de Fiennes) in 1894 and they had four children, including film director Henry Hathaway.[5] [6]

Career

Hathaway's career began on the vaudeville circuit and in theaters in Sacramento, California and in the San Francisco Bay Area.[7] [8] She was known for his contralto singing.[9] [10]

By 1909 she was an early star of Allan Dwan's American Film Manufacturing Company, starring as a heroine in films often alongside her husband Rhody and sometimes with their young son Henry Hathaway. From 1911 until 1914, the Hathaway family worked for Thomas Ince's Inceville Studios. At the age of 35 in 1911, she appeared in the short comedy film, , produced by the American Film Manufacturing Company, directed by Alan Dwan, and starring J. Warren Kerrigan.

She wrote the screenplay for the short film (1915), directed by Alfred Ernest Christie (of the Christie brothers).[11] [12] In the 1920s, Rhody abandoned his family, leaving Jean as a single parent.

Death

Hathaway died on August 23, 1938 in the Queen of Angels Hospital in Los Angeles, at the age of 62 after experiencing a brain hemorrhage. She is buried in Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Glendale, California.

Filmography

Notes and References

  1. Book: Pomainville, Harold N. . Henry Hathaway: The Lives of a Hollywood Director . 2016-06-10 . Rowman & Littlefield . 978-1-4422-6978-1 . 6, 9, 14.
  2. News: 1938-08-25 . Obituary for Jean Hathaway . limited . 2024-02-07 . . 7 . Newspapers.com.
  3. News: August 25, 1938 . Mrs. Jean Hathaway; Film Star In Early Days Of Hollywood Dies At Age Of 62 . . 19 . 0362-4331.
  4. News: August 7, 2013 . Henry Hathaway, un marquis devenu roi du western à Hollywood . Henry Hathaway, a marquis who became king of the western in Hollywood . L'Echo . Fr.
  5. Book: Schneider, Steven Jay . 501 Movie Directors . 2007 . ABC Books . 978-0-7333-2052-1 . 100.
  6. News: 1944-02-22 . Deaths and Funerals: Rhody Hathaway obituary . limited . 2024-02-07 . . 14 . Newspapers.com.
  7. News: 1902-12-08 . Local Brevities . 2024-02-07 . . 10 . . 0890-5738.
  8. News: 1902-12-12 . Novelty Theater . 2024-02-07 . . 10 . Newspapers.com.
  9. News: 1903-05-30 . Opera House . 2024-02-07 . Tonopah Bonanza . 4 . Newspapers.com.
  10. News: 1904-07-19 . First Night Habit Already Developing Among the Park's Patrons . 2024-02-07 . Alameda Daily Argus . 1 . Newspapers.com.
  11. Book: Catalog of Copyright Entries . 1914 . Library of Congress, Copyright Office. . 283 . en.
  12. Book: Braff, Richard E. . The Universal Silents: A Filmography of the Universal Motion Picture Manufacturing Company, 1912-1929 . 1999 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-0287-8 . 162.
  13. Book: Katchmer, George A. . Eighty Silent Film Stars: Biographies and Filmographies of the Obscure to the Well Known . 1991 . McFarland . 978-0-89950-494-0 . 298.
  14. Book: Rainey, Buck . The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930 . 2004 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-1286-0 . 523.
  15. Web site: Progressive Silent Film List: The Master Key . Silent Era.
  16. Book: Rainey, Buck . The Strong, Silent Type: Over 100 Screen Cowboys, 1903-1930 . 2004 . McFarland . 978-0-7864-1286-0 . 95.
  17. Web site: Bobbie of the Ballet . Silent Era.
  18. Web site: The Adventures of Peg o' the Ring . Silent Era.
  19. Book: Levy, Bill . John Ford: A Bio-Bibliography . 1998-11-30 . Bloomsbury Academic . 978-0-313-27514-2 . en.
  20. Book: Parish . James Robert . Film Directors: A Guide to Their American Films . Pitts . Michael R. . 1974 . Scarecrow Press . 75. 978-0-8108-0752-5 .
  21. Book: Weaver, John T. . Twenty Years of Silents, 1908-1928 . 1971 . Scarecrow Press . 978-0-8108-0401-2 . 196.
  22. Web site: The Craving . 2024-02-07 . Silent Era.
  23. July 20, 1918 . Synopses of Current Publications: The Finger of Justice . Exhibitors Herald . New York City . Exhibitors Herald Company . 7 . 4 . 53.
  24. March 25, 1922 . Reviews: Boy Crazy . Exhibitors Herald . New York City . Exhibitors Herald Company . 14 . 13 . 60.

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