| Lucille La Verne | |
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| Born | November 8, 1872 |
| Died | March 4, 1945 (aged 72) |
Lucille La Verne (November 8, 1872 – March 4, 1945) was an actress known for her appearances in silent, scolding, and vengeful roles in early color films, as well as for her triumphs on the American stage. Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Events 1519 - Hernán Cortés enters Tenochtitlán and Aztec ruler Moctezuma welcomes him with great a Celebration Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Events 51 - Nero, later to become Roman Emperor, is given the title Princeps iuventutis (head of the youth Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works
La Verne was born in Nashville, Tennessee. She began her career as a child in local summer stock. Summer Stock is also the title of a 1950 musical motion picture starring Judy Garland As a teenager, she performed in small touring theater troupes. When she was fourteen she played both Juliet and Lady Macbeth back to back. Lady Macbeth is a character in William Shakespeare play Macbeth. Her ability to play almost any part quickly caught the attention of more prolific companies, and she made her Broadway debut in 1888. Broadway theater, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 39 large professional theaters with 500 seats or more located She then became a leading lady with some of the best stock companies in America, scoring triumphs in San Francisco and Boston among other cities. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city She eventually ran her own successful stock company.
On the New York stage, she was known for her range and versatility. Among her hits on Broadway were principal roles in Uncle Tom's Cabin, Seven Days, and Way Down East. She was also known for her blackface roles. Her biggest stage triumph came in 1923, when she created the role of Widow Caggle in the hit play Sun Up. Between the Broadway run, US tour, and European tour, La Verne would give over 3,000 performances. She also worked on Broadway as a playwright and director. In the late 1920s, a Broadway theater was named for her for a short period of time.
She made her motion picture debut in 1914. Her best known part is that of the voice of the Wicked Queen, and her alter ego, the old crone from Disney's 1937 Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. The Queen is a Fictional character in the German Fairy tale, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, collected by the Brothers Grimm HAG is a Swiss maker of Model trains in HO scale. These are high quality trains made of die-cast metal with reliable mechanisms Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs is a 1937 American film based on the eponymous German fairy tale by the Brothers Grimm. She was also the Disney artists' model for the old crone that the Queen transforms herself into in order to give Snow White the poisoned apple. (Her resemblance to the crone can be noted in MGM's film version of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities, in which Ms. A Tale of Two Cities is a 1935 film directed by Jack Conway and Robert Z La Verne plays a confederate of Madame Defarge called The Vengeance. Madame Thérèse Defarge is a fictional character in the book A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens. ) She died in Culver City, California, after suffering from cancer. Culver City is a city in western Los Angeles County California.
Reportedly, she had to battle Disney in court for the rights to her own voice.
External links
- Lucille La Verne at the Internet Movie Database
- Lucille La Verne at the Internet Broadway Database
- Lucille La Verne at Find A Grave
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| NAME | La Verne, Lucille |
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1872-11-8 |
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| DATE OF DEATH | 1945-3-4 |
| PLACE OF DEATH | |
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