Evelyn Varden (born Mae Evelyn Hall June , , Adair, Oklahoma â€" July
, , Manhattan, New York City) was an American character actress.Varden
began her career as a teenager in the first decade of the th century,
acting with her aunts in a troupe that toured the western United
States. She was on Broadway by age sixteen in . It was not until the s
and into her forties that her stage career took off in the theater,
notably playing Mrs. Gibbs, the small town matron who dreams of Paris,
in the original production of Our Town.Varden's stage work mainly
consisted of showy supporting roles although she did star in the
ill-fated Return Engagement by Lawrence Riley. The melodrama Hilda
Crane was a personal success for Varden although the play itself ran
only two months. The following year she played the Nurse in a
production of Romeo and Juliet starring Olivia De Havilland. Her final
Broadway appearance in The Bad Seed was one of her acclaimed
performances.
, , Manhattan, New York City) was an American character actress.Varden
began her career as a teenager in the first decade of the th century,
acting with her aunts in a troupe that toured the western United
States. She was on Broadway by age sixteen in . It was not until the s
and into her forties that her stage career took off in the theater,
notably playing Mrs. Gibbs, the small town matron who dreams of Paris,
in the original production of Our Town.Varden's stage work mainly
consisted of showy supporting roles although she did star in the
ill-fated Return Engagement by Lawrence Riley. The melodrama Hilda
Crane was a personal success for Varden although the play itself ran
only two months. The following year she played the Nurse in a
production of Romeo and Juliet starring Olivia De Havilland. Her final
Broadway appearance in The Bad Seed was one of her acclaimed
performances.
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