Janet Beecher (born Janet Meysenberg; October 21, 1884 â€" August 6,
1955) was an American stage and screen actress.The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Von Meysenburg, Beecher was born in Jefferson City,
Missouri. Her sister was actress Olive Wyndham. The sisters were
related to Harriet Beecher Stowe on their mother's side.Her father's
work as a vice-consul for Germany led to her growing up in
Chicago.Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage
between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education
of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley
(1944). Other notable plays she appeared in included The Lottery Man
(1909), The Concert (1910), The Purple Road (1913), Fair and Warmer
(1915), The Woman in Room 13 (1919), Call the Doctor (1920), A Bill of
Divorcement (1921), The Love Child (1922), A Kiss in a Taxi (1925),
and Courage (1928).
1955) was an American stage and screen actress.The daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Von Meysenburg, Beecher was born in Jefferson City,
Missouri. Her sister was actress Olive Wyndham. The sisters were
related to Harriet Beecher Stowe on their mother's side.Her father's
work as a vice-consul for Germany led to her growing up in
Chicago.Beecher was a supporting player and lead on the Broadway stage
between the 1900s and 1940s. Her Broadway debut came in The Education
of Mr. Pipp (1905). Her final Broadway play was The Late George Apley
(1944). Other notable plays she appeared in included The Lottery Man
(1909), The Concert (1910), The Purple Road (1913), Fair and Warmer
(1915), The Woman in Room 13 (1919), Call the Doctor (1920), A Bill of
Divorcement (1921), The Love Child (1922), A Kiss in a Taxi (1925),
and Courage (1928).
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