Max Figman (March 9, 1866- February 13, 1952) born in Vienna, Austria
and Lolita Robertson (March 7, 1888- May 1, 1959) born in San
Francisco, were a husband and wife acting duo who appeared on Broadway
and in silent films together. Max was also a director and writer in
his stage career. Max was 22 years Lolita's senior but the couple was
long married and devoted to each other until Max's death in 1952. They
had two children Max Jr. and Lolita Figman. Max and Lolita appeared in
a hit play Fine Feathers in 1913 co-starring Wilton Lackaye and Robert
Edeson. They made a few films with the short lived Masterpiece Film
Manufacturing Company.The couple sat in on the formation of The Lasky
Company in 1914, later to be Paramount Pictures. In silent pictures
the husband and wife often appeared together.Max made his stage debut
at 17 in A Scrap of Paper (1883). He later joined the company of
Willie Edouin in Fun in a Photographic Gallery. He later appeared in
four plays with Mrs. Fiske Miranda of the Balcony, A Doll's House,
Hedda Gabler and Mary of Magdala. In 1905-06 he supported Florence
Roberts in Ann La Mont and The Strength of the Weak. Break out as a
star in the play version of The Man on the Box, filmed in 1914 by
Cecil B. DeMille. From 1909-10 he toured in Mary Jane's Pa and in
February 1912 was at Daly's Theatre New York in The Truth Wagon. Began
his relationship with Lolita Robertson while in the play Fine Feathers
first at the Cort Theatre Chicago Aug. 1912 and finally in New York at
the Astor Theatre Jan. 1913.
and Lolita Robertson (March 7, 1888- May 1, 1959) born in San
Francisco, were a husband and wife acting duo who appeared on Broadway
and in silent films together. Max was also a director and writer in
his stage career. Max was 22 years Lolita's senior but the couple was
long married and devoted to each other until Max's death in 1952. They
had two children Max Jr. and Lolita Figman. Max and Lolita appeared in
a hit play Fine Feathers in 1913 co-starring Wilton Lackaye and Robert
Edeson. They made a few films with the short lived Masterpiece Film
Manufacturing Company.The couple sat in on the formation of The Lasky
Company in 1914, later to be Paramount Pictures. In silent pictures
the husband and wife often appeared together.Max made his stage debut
at 17 in A Scrap of Paper (1883). He later joined the company of
Willie Edouin in Fun in a Photographic Gallery. He later appeared in
four plays with Mrs. Fiske Miranda of the Balcony, A Doll's House,
Hedda Gabler and Mary of Magdala. In 1905-06 he supported Florence
Roberts in Ann La Mont and The Strength of the Weak. Break out as a
star in the play version of The Man on the Box, filmed in 1914 by
Cecil B. DeMille. From 1909-10 he toured in Mary Jane's Pa and in
February 1912 was at Daly's Theatre New York in The Truth Wagon. Began
his relationship with Lolita Robertson while in the play Fine Feathers
first at the Cort Theatre Chicago Aug. 1912 and finally in New York at
the Astor Theatre Jan. 1913.
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