Madge Kennedy (April , â€" June , ) was a stage, film and TV actress
whose career began as a stage actress in and flourished in motion
pictures during the silent film era. In , journalist Heywood Broun
described her as "the best farce actress in New York".Kennedy was born
in Chicago. Her father was a judge in a criminal court. After she and
her family lived in California, she moved to New York City with her
mother to paint. She studied two years at the Art Students League,
planning to be an illustrator. Luis Mora saw her art work and
recommended that she go to Siasconset (Nantucket, Massachusetts) for a
summer. Mora described Kennedy as talented but very lazy.[citation
needed]The Siasconset colony was evenly divided among actors and
artists, and painters often gave theatrical performances.Kennedy
appeared in a skit written by Kenneth and Roy Webb and impressed
professional Harry Woodruff, who commented, "She could act rings
around anybody."[citation needed] As a result, she was offered the
lead opposite Woodruff in The Genius. Soon she was in Cleveland, Ohio,
where Robert McLaughlin gave her work with his stock company.
whose career began as a stage actress in and flourished in motion
pictures during the silent film era. In , journalist Heywood Broun
described her as "the best farce actress in New York".Kennedy was born
in Chicago. Her father was a judge in a criminal court. After she and
her family lived in California, she moved to New York City with her
mother to paint. She studied two years at the Art Students League,
planning to be an illustrator. Luis Mora saw her art work and
recommended that she go to Siasconset (Nantucket, Massachusetts) for a
summer. Mora described Kennedy as talented but very lazy.[citation
needed]The Siasconset colony was evenly divided among actors and
artists, and painters often gave theatrical performances.Kennedy
appeared in a skit written by Kenneth and Roy Webb and impressed
professional Harry Woodruff, who commented, "She could act rings
around anybody."[citation needed] As a result, she was offered the
lead opposite Woodruff in The Genius. Soon she was in Cleveland, Ohio,
where Robert McLaughlin gave her work with his stock company.
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