Edna Louise Hibbard (May , â€" December , ) was a stage and motion
picture actress from Detroit, Michigan. She had a sharp tongue and was
known for her roles in comedy.She made her stage debut in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in as the child in The Kreutzer Sonata. Hibbard trained
with the Poli Stock Company in Hartford, Connecticut, and Washington,
D.C. Soon she performed in Officer , Ready Money, and Stop Thief. She
spent a year in vaudeville with Lynne Overman in a rendition of The
Highest Bidder.Hibbard first came to theatrical prominence as the
ingenue lead in Rock-a-Bye Baby in . The play was staged at the Rialto
Theater in New York City with the ingenue role being the primary part
in the cast. She graduated from drama school in New York before being
sent to train under the Selwyns. The New York Times described Hibbard
as a combination of Madge Kennedy and Marguerite Clark in appearance.
picture actress from Detroit, Michigan. She had a sharp tongue and was
known for her roles in comedy.She made her stage debut in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, in as the child in The Kreutzer Sonata. Hibbard trained
with the Poli Stock Company in Hartford, Connecticut, and Washington,
D.C. Soon she performed in Officer , Ready Money, and Stop Thief. She
spent a year in vaudeville with Lynne Overman in a rendition of The
Highest Bidder.Hibbard first came to theatrical prominence as the
ingenue lead in Rock-a-Bye Baby in . The play was staged at the Rialto
Theater in New York City with the ingenue role being the primary part
in the cast. She graduated from drama school in New York before being
sent to train under the Selwyns. The New York Times described Hibbard
as a combination of Madge Kennedy and Marguerite Clark in appearance.
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