Carlotta Monterey (born Hazel Neilson Taasinge; December , â€"
November , ) was an American stage and film actress. She was the third
and final wife of playwright Eugene O'Neill.Carlotta Monterey was born
Hazel Neilson Taasinge on December , , in San Francisco, California.
Abandoned by her father, she was raised by an aunt from the age of
four. After she won the title of "Miss California" in a beauty
contest, she traveled to London to study acting with Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree. She adopted the name Carlotta Monterey after her return
to the United States at the start of World War I, and pursued a career
in the theatre. She garnered disparaging reviews of her acting
ability, but her beauty was much admired.After divorcing her third
husband, the illustrator Ralph Barton, in , she became romantically
involved with Eugene O'Neill. whom she had met in when she acted in a
production of his play The Hairy Ape. They married in July in Paris.
She remained with O'Neill for the rest of his life, and dedicated
herself to maintaining his privacy. After his death in , Carlotta
authorized the publication of his autobiographical play Long Day's
Journey Into Night, which O'Neill had instructed his publisher to
withhold until years after his death. The play was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and is O'Neill's best known work.
November , ) was an American stage and film actress. She was the third
and final wife of playwright Eugene O'Neill.Carlotta Monterey was born
Hazel Neilson Taasinge on December , , in San Francisco, California.
Abandoned by her father, she was raised by an aunt from the age of
four. After she won the title of "Miss California" in a beauty
contest, she traveled to London to study acting with Sir Herbert
Beerbohm Tree. She adopted the name Carlotta Monterey after her return
to the United States at the start of World War I, and pursued a career
in the theatre. She garnered disparaging reviews of her acting
ability, but her beauty was much admired.After divorcing her third
husband, the illustrator Ralph Barton, in , she became romantically
involved with Eugene O'Neill. whom she had met in when she acted in a
production of his play The Hairy Ape. They married in July in Paris.
She remained with O'Neill for the rest of his life, and dedicated
herself to maintaining his privacy. After his death in , Carlotta
authorized the publication of his autobiographical play Long Day's
Journey Into Night, which O'Neill had instructed his publisher to
withhold until years after his death. The play was awarded the
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and is O'Neill's best known work.
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