Eleanor Elise Robson Belmont (13 December 1879 â€" 24 October 1979)
was an English actress and prominent public figure in the United
States. George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her, but
contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Mrs. Belmont
was involved in the Metropolitan Opera Association as the first woman
on the board of directors, and she founded the Metropolitan Opera
Guild.Eleanor Elise Robson was born on 13 December 1879 in Wigan,
Lancashire. She was the daughter of Madge Carr Cook and Charles
Robson. Her mother was an English-born American stage actress and as a
young girl, Eleanor moved to the United States. Her father disappeared
or deserted her mother in 1880, and her mother remarried to Augustus
Cook in 1891. Cooke later sued her for annulment of their marriage.Her
stage career began at age 17 in San Francisco and she worked in stock
companies from Honolulu to Milwaukee before making her New York debut
in 1900 as Bonita, the ranchman's daughter in Augustus Thomas's
Arizona.
was an English actress and prominent public figure in the United
States. George Bernard Shaw wrote Major Barbara for her, but
contractual problems prevented her from playing the role. Mrs. Belmont
was involved in the Metropolitan Opera Association as the first woman
on the board of directors, and she founded the Metropolitan Opera
Guild.Eleanor Elise Robson was born on 13 December 1879 in Wigan,
Lancashire. She was the daughter of Madge Carr Cook and Charles
Robson. Her mother was an English-born American stage actress and as a
young girl, Eleanor moved to the United States. Her father disappeared
or deserted her mother in 1880, and her mother remarried to Augustus
Cook in 1891. Cooke later sued her for annulment of their marriage.Her
stage career began at age 17 in San Francisco and she worked in stock
companies from Honolulu to Milwaukee before making her New York debut
in 1900 as Bonita, the ranchman's daughter in Augustus Thomas's
Arizona.
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