Ethel Jackson (November , â€" November , ) was a United States
actress and comic prima donna of the late th and early th centuries.
She appeared in Broadway theatrical productions, creating the title
role in the original Broadway production of The Merry Widow.In , Ethel
Jackson was born on November in New York and lived for an extended
time abroad. She received her education in Vienna, Austria and Paris,
France. Her father was Hart Jackson, a dramatist. Her full name was
Ethel Hart Jackson. Her mother was Mrs. Frances Wyatt Jackson. Frances
was in the cast of The Ambassador which was staged at the St. James
Theatre in London, England, in . Jackson was the great-granddaughter
of painter Henry Inman and Sir William Coddington, the first governor
of Rhode Island.She first played small roles at the Savoy Theatre
before having her first hit there as Wanda in The Grand Duchess.
Charles Frohman brought her to America to play the leading lady in
Little Miss Nobody at the Garden Theatre in New York City, in August .
She was engaged to perform the part by A.H. Al Canby, who represented
Frohman. The musical comedy was staged next at Nixon & Zimmerman's
Broad Street (Philadelphia) Theatre in September. The plot deals with
a young aristocrat who is trying to raise funds when he finds himself
without money. He places an advertisement for boarders at the Scottish
castle of his aunt who is away. His ad is answered by a man who runs a
London music hall. He brings along three music hall girls and a
variety artist. The five are forced to pass themselves off as members
of the nobility.
actress and comic prima donna of the late th and early th centuries.
She appeared in Broadway theatrical productions, creating the title
role in the original Broadway production of The Merry Widow.In , Ethel
Jackson was born on November in New York and lived for an extended
time abroad. She received her education in Vienna, Austria and Paris,
France. Her father was Hart Jackson, a dramatist. Her full name was
Ethel Hart Jackson. Her mother was Mrs. Frances Wyatt Jackson. Frances
was in the cast of The Ambassador which was staged at the St. James
Theatre in London, England, in . Jackson was the great-granddaughter
of painter Henry Inman and Sir William Coddington, the first governor
of Rhode Island.She first played small roles at the Savoy Theatre
before having her first hit there as Wanda in The Grand Duchess.
Charles Frohman brought her to America to play the leading lady in
Little Miss Nobody at the Garden Theatre in New York City, in August .
She was engaged to perform the part by A.H. Al Canby, who represented
Frohman. The musical comedy was staged next at Nixon & Zimmerman's
Broad Street (Philadelphia) Theatre in September. The plot deals with
a young aristocrat who is trying to raise funds when he finds himself
without money. He places an advertisement for boarders at the Scottish
castle of his aunt who is away. His ad is answered by a man who runs a
London music hall. He brings along three music hall girls and a
variety artist. The five are forced to pass themselves off as members
of the nobility.
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