#emily stevens

Emily Stevens: Victoria Fairchild in Modern Marriage (1911 Broadway); Myra Dimsley in The Point of View (1912 Broadway); Madonna in Madonna of the Future (1926 Broadway)

Marie Doro: Lady Millicent in Little Mary (1904 Broadway); Dora in Granny (1904 Broadway); Friquet in Friquet (1905 West End)

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Ada Reeve: Dudley in San Toy (1901 West End); Ada Branscombe in Three Little Maids (1902 West End); Rhodanthe in Butterflies (1908 West End)

Emily Stevens: Victoria Fairchild in Modern Marriage (1911 Broadway); Myra Dimsley in The Point of View (1912 Broadway); Madonna in Madonna of the Future (1926 Broadway)

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Emily Stevens: Victoria Fairchild in Modern Marriage (1911 Broadway); Myra Dimsley in The Point of View (1912 Broadway); Madonna in Madonna of the Future (1926 Broadway)

Mrs Patrick Campbell: Mélisande in Pelléas et Mélisande (1904 Broadway); Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion (1914 West End); Hedda Gabler in Hedda Gabler (1922 West End)

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The above photo comes via New York Public Library Digital Collections and features an actress who rests in Woodlawn Cemetery, Emily Stevens.

https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1615a3c-295b-fd0e-e040-e00a180636c0

The Neighborhood Playhouse in Manhattan usually presented dramas back in the 1920s, but for several years they put on revues in the summer months that parodied what was going on in theatre at the time (decades before “Forbidden Broadway.”) Emily Stevens was a popular theatre actress (who would go onto silent films;) she was imitated by actor Albert Carroll in the Playhouse’s “Grand Street Follies” in 1925.   Looks like Emily had a good sense of humor about it!  The Neighborhood Playhouse was co-founded by Irene Lewisohn who also rests in Woodlawn Cemetery (she also appeared in the 1925 “Grand Street Follies”;) she will be the topic of a future post.

(above photo via Library of Congress)

Writer Anita Loos described Emily in her book Kiss Hollywood Good-By as “a full-blown, red-headed beauty.” She appeared in 15 silent films and many plays over the course of 25 years, including the title role in Ibsen's "Hedda Gabler" on Broadway in 1926.  Actress Minnie Maddern Fiske was her cousin; Fiske came from Chicago to attend Emily’s funeral. Her parents were theatrical manager Robert E. Stevens and actress Emma Maddern.