Florence Gerald

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Florence Gerald
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Gerald, 1880
Born
Florence Melton Gerald

September 23, 1858
New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.
DiedSeptember 6, 1942(1942-09-06) (aged 83)
New York City, New York, U.S.
Burial placeKensico Cemetery
EducationWaco University
OccupationsStage actress, poet, writer

Florence Melton Gerald (1858–1942) was an American stage actress, poet, and writer. She was known for her acting roles in Broadway theatre.

Early life and education

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Florence Melton Gerald was born on September 23, 1858, in New Orleans, to parents Omega Melton (1836–1918) and Judge George Bruce Gerald (1835–1914).[1] Her maternal grandfather James G. Melton had owned the only hotel at Washington-on-the-Brazos, Texas in the 19th-century, which had been a gathering place on March 2, 1836, after Texas Declaration of Independence, and was once home to the original Texas Liberty Bell.[2]

Gerald attended Waco University (now Baylor University) in Waco, Texas, where she studied poetry and graduated in 1873,[3] and in 1880.[1] She published the book, Adenheim and Other Poems (1880).

Career

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Florence Gerald, 1904
Gerald, 1904

After graduation, she was hired as an elocution instructor (public speaking) at Waco Female College.[1] Her interest in working as a playwright started after her graduation.

In 1898, she headed for the theater district in New York City to begin her stage acting career.[1] Under the management of Charles Frohman, Gerald started her acting career on Broadway in, The Girl from Maxim’s (1898) at the Grand Opera House.[4]

Gerald wrote the play, The Woman Pays, which was adapted into the 1915 silent film by screenwriter Harry Chandlee.[1]

She appeared in the R. L. McLaughlin Stock Co. at the Ohio Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio in the summer of 1924.[5]

Gerald died at age 83, on September 6, 1942, at the St. James Hotel at Broadway and 26th Street in New York City.[4] She is buried at Kensico Cemetery in Valhalla, Westchester County, New York in the Actors' Fund area.

Theater

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List of Gerald's theater roles
Date(s) Title Role Location Notes
June 1894 The Two Orphans Countess de Liniers Broadway Lyceum, Buffalo, New York [6]
Aug. 29, 1899 – Oct. 1899 The Girl from Maxim's Mme. Petypont Grand Opera House, New York City,

Criterion Theatre, New York City

Hyde and Benham[7]
1899 The Angel of the Alley Mrs. Bennett New York City directed by Theo Kremer[8]
Feb. 17, 1903 – April 30, 1903 Resurrection Aunt Mary Hammerstein's Victoria, New York City [9][10]
Dec. 22, 1909 – Jan. 15, 1910 The Goddess of Liberty Lady FitzHugh Murray Weber's Music Hall, New York City musical play produced by Joseph E. Howard[11][12]
Dec. 24, 1913 – Jan. 1, 1914 We Are Seven Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City
May 5, 1914 – May 31, 1914 The Charm of Isabel Maxine Elliott's Theatre, New York City
May 25, 1920 – May 31, 1920 An Innocent Idea Mrs. Case Fulton Theatre, New York City
Aug. 30, 1920 – Sept. 1, 1920 Immodest Violet Mrs. Amantha Rose 48th Street Theatre, New York City
April 17, 1923 – April 28, 1923 Within Four Walls Louisa Minuit Selwyn Theatre, New York City directed by Mack Hilliard[13]
Oct. 16, 1923–June 15, 1924 The Shame Woman Martha Case Greenwich Village Theatre, New York City [14][15]
Feb. 10, 1925 – May 1, 1925 The Rat Mme. Colline Astor Theatre, New York City, New York produced by Earl Carroll[5]
Nov. 16, 1926 – Dec. 1, 1926 Lily Sue Phronia Lyceum Theatre, New York City [16]
Jan. 18, 1927 – July 30, 1927 The Barker Maw Benson Princess Theatre, New York City,

Biltmore Theatre, New York City

produced by Charles L. Wagner[17][18]
Mar. 8, 1927 –Mar. 31, 1927 The Heaven Tappers Mrs. Gilson Forrest Theatre, New York City
Feb. 21, 1928 – Mar. 1, 1928 Maya as 'mama' Comedy Theatre, New York City
Jan. 2, 1933 – Jan. 31, 1933 Saint Wench Lyceum Theatre, New York City
Dec. 10, 1934 –Jan. 26, 1935 Valley Forge as 'auntie' Guild Theatre, New York City
Oct. 14, 1935 Tobacco Road Ada Lester Lyric Theatre, Allentown, Pennsylvania [19]
Dec. 14, 1937 Tobacco Road Ada Lester Paramount Theatre, Alexandria, Louisiana [20]
Dec. 31, 1937 Tobacco Road Ada Lester Plaza Theatre, Palm Springs, California [21]

Publications

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References

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