Marie Booth Russell (1874 â€" October 31, 1911) was an English
actress.Marie Booth Russell was born in Brooklyn. She attended St.
Joseph's Academy in Flushing, and Emerson College in Boston.Russell
appeared many times on Broadway, often in Shakespeare dramas with her
husband, including Othello (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909), Richard III
(1904, 1907, 1909), King Lear (1905, 1907, 1909), Macbeth (1905, 1907,
1909), Hamlet (1905, 1909), The Merchant of Venice (1907), Julius
Caesar (1907), King John (1909), and Romeo and Juliet (1909). She was
also in several Broadway productions of Richelieu (1904, 1905, 1907,
1909, 1911), The Light of Other Days (1903), and in Louis XI
(1909)."Miss Russell has very beautiful eyes," commented one American
reviewer in 1907, "but she uses them too noticeably, which detracts
from her work." Her physical performance continued to draw criticism.
"A worse exhibition of wriggling, writhing, moaning, gurgling, and
mouthing cannot be imagined than she indulged in," commented another
American reviewer in 1909, adding "If only she could learn the value
of simplicity and naturalness." An obituary put the issue
diplomatically, saying "Her acting was more satisfying to the public
than to the critics."
actress.Marie Booth Russell was born in Brooklyn. She attended St.
Joseph's Academy in Flushing, and Emerson College in Boston.Russell
appeared many times on Broadway, often in Shakespeare dramas with her
husband, including Othello (1904, 1905, 1907, 1909), Richard III
(1904, 1907, 1909), King Lear (1905, 1907, 1909), Macbeth (1905, 1907,
1909), Hamlet (1905, 1909), The Merchant of Venice (1907), Julius
Caesar (1907), King John (1909), and Romeo and Juliet (1909). She was
also in several Broadway productions of Richelieu (1904, 1905, 1907,
1909, 1911), The Light of Other Days (1903), and in Louis XI
(1909)."Miss Russell has very beautiful eyes," commented one American
reviewer in 1907, "but she uses them too noticeably, which detracts
from her work." Her physical performance continued to draw criticism.
"A worse exhibition of wriggling, writhing, moaning, gurgling, and
mouthing cannot be imagined than she indulged in," commented another
American reviewer in 1909, adding "If only she could learn the value
of simplicity and naturalness." An obituary put the issue
diplomatically, saying "Her acting was more satisfying to the public
than to the critics."
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