Ellen Zoe Barnett ( â€" December , ) was an American actress in
musical comedies.Barnett was from Glendale, California. She sang in
local church choirs as a young woman.Barnett began her stage career in
Los Angeles and San Francisco, until , when she began working in
national touring productions. Broadway credits for Barnett included
appearances in All Aboard (), The Midnight Girl (), The Debutante (-),
Jim Jam Jems (-), The Rose Girl (), and Blossom Time (-). "She is a
clever young woman, a natural comedienne, a graceful dancer, and a
real actress," declared a Louisiana newspaper, continuing, "if she
were not a musical comedy prima donna and comedienne she could be an
emotional actress." She said of her own appearance, "I'm dark,
therefore I'm sinister. I've always wanted to play schoolgirl roles,
wear frilly frocks and act innocently, but when a manager sets eyes on
me he has in mind some particularly wicked woman for me to
personate."Zoe Barnett was married twice. Her first husband was actor
Wayne Nunn; they divorced in . She married a second time in , to actor
and playwright William M. Pinkham, after being named as co-respondent
in his divorce from playwright Frances Nordstrom. She retired from the
professional stage after marrying Pinkham; but she was active in
producing plays for the Sorosis chapter in Patchogue, New York. She
was widowed when Pinkham died in . Zoe Barnett Pinkham died in , aged
years, at a nursing home in Port Jefferson, New York. Her papers are
archived in the New York State Historical Documents Library in Albany,
New York.
musical comedies.Barnett was from Glendale, California. She sang in
local church choirs as a young woman.Barnett began her stage career in
Los Angeles and San Francisco, until , when she began working in
national touring productions. Broadway credits for Barnett included
appearances in All Aboard (), The Midnight Girl (), The Debutante (-),
Jim Jam Jems (-), The Rose Girl (), and Blossom Time (-). "She is a
clever young woman, a natural comedienne, a graceful dancer, and a
real actress," declared a Louisiana newspaper, continuing, "if she
were not a musical comedy prima donna and comedienne she could be an
emotional actress." She said of her own appearance, "I'm dark,
therefore I'm sinister. I've always wanted to play schoolgirl roles,
wear frilly frocks and act innocently, but when a manager sets eyes on
me he has in mind some particularly wicked woman for me to
personate."Zoe Barnett was married twice. Her first husband was actor
Wayne Nunn; they divorced in . She married a second time in , to actor
and playwright William M. Pinkham, after being named as co-respondent
in his divorce from playwright Frances Nordstrom. She retired from the
professional stage after marrying Pinkham; but she was active in
producing plays for the Sorosis chapter in Patchogue, New York. She
was widowed when Pinkham died in . Zoe Barnett Pinkham died in , aged
years, at a nursing home in Port Jefferson, New York. Her papers are
archived in the New York State Historical Documents Library in Albany,
New York.
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