Edna Wallace Hopper (January , â€" December , ) was an American
actress on stage and in silent films. She was known as the "eternal
flapper".Hopper was born on January , as Edna Margaret Augusta
Wallace in San Francisco, California to Josephine and Waller Wallace.
Hopper claimed her birth records were destroyed in the San Francisco
earthquake. Her father was the head night usher at the California
Theater. She had one sibling.Hopper trained for the stage in New York.
While there, she had married DeWolf Hopper on June , . They appeared
in several comic operas together, including John Philip Sousa's El
Capitan, before divorcing in . The couple presented a striking
physical contrast on stage. DeWolf, at ft in, was tall for that
time, while Hopper stood under five feet tall and weighed less than
pounds.
actress on stage and in silent films. She was known as the "eternal
flapper".Hopper was born on January , as Edna Margaret Augusta
Wallace in San Francisco, California to Josephine and Waller Wallace.
Hopper claimed her birth records were destroyed in the San Francisco
earthquake. Her father was the head night usher at the California
Theater. She had one sibling.Hopper trained for the stage in New York.
While there, she had married DeWolf Hopper on June , . They appeared
in several comic operas together, including John Philip Sousa's El
Capitan, before divorcing in . The couple presented a striking
physical contrast on stage. DeWolf, at ft in, was tall for that
time, while Hopper stood under five feet tall and weighed less than
pounds.
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