Verree Teasdale (March , â€" February , ) was an American actress
born in Spokane, Washington.A second cousin of Edith Wharton, Teasdale
attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and trained as a stage
actress at the New York School of Expression. She first appeared on
Broadway in and performed there regularly until .After co-starring in
Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife with Ethel Barrymore in â€",
she was offered a film contract, and her first film, Syncopation, was
released in . Teasdale appeared older than her physical age, which
enabled her to play bored society wives, scheming other women and
second leads in comedies such as Roman Scandals (). In , she played
Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which her bored and
sneering looks to Theseus's blandishments brought life and color to
this often bland and minor role.In , she married actor Adolphe Menjou,
and they remained together until his death in . Teasdale and Menjou
appeared together in two films, The Milky Way in and Turnabout in ,
and were co-hosts of a syndicated radio program in the late s and
early s.
born in Spokane, Washington.A second cousin of Edith Wharton, Teasdale
attended Erasmus Hall High School in Brooklyn and trained as a stage
actress at the New York School of Expression. She first appeared on
Broadway in and performed there regularly until .After co-starring in
Somerset Maugham's play The Constant Wife with Ethel Barrymore in â€",
she was offered a film contract, and her first film, Syncopation, was
released in . Teasdale appeared older than her physical age, which
enabled her to play bored society wives, scheming other women and
second leads in comedies such as Roman Scandals (). In , she played
Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream, in which her bored and
sneering looks to Theseus's blandishments brought life and color to
this often bland and minor role.In , she married actor Adolphe Menjou,
and they remained together until his death in . Teasdale and Menjou
appeared together in two films, The Milky Way in and Turnabout in ,
and were co-hosts of a syndicated radio program in the late s and
early s.
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