Grandmother was actresss in 1910 in New York
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Re: Grandmother was actresss in 1910 in New York
 liliantuckerfan
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Posted: 12 May 2008 6:08PM GMT |
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Contact me off-list using "Dolly Sharp + T B Fayme" in subject line. I think I found the same references to "T B Fayme" as you (songwriter, pantomine), but no mention to your "Dolly Sharp".
I have found nothing (in Chicago Tribune or NY Times) regarding your "Dolly Sharp" after 90 minutes, so she must not have been a credited actress, at least not one whose name appeared in display ads or reviews (unless you have some old programs or letters from her referring to specific performances or cities visited). The only "Dolly Sharp" I found was a reference to a 1970s "porn" (naked actress) which is unlikely yours. (Stage Names tend to get reused, at least those before union registration became de rigeur.) GenealogyBank refers to a "Mrs Dolly Sharp" who was shot to death (1908, Washington State & Oregon newspapers), three 1802 references in Connecticut Courier, a second grader in Eau Claire Wisconsin, and a couple other "duds". Nothing in a 1910-1920 timeframe, leading me to suspect she was either not a "leading" actress whose name would appear in a review or display ad for the production in which she performed, or she had a different stage name. "T B Fayme" yielded nothing in GenealogyBank so had never toured in the us; "Thomas B Sharp" referred to a railroad man.
What was Dolly's legal name. Maybe you or I can find her in Ancestry's US Census 1910-1920 but not as "Dolly Sharp, born England". So far the only "Dolly Sharp" I found (in HeritageQuest 1870-1920 censuses) were all born in Texas or Georgia. (And none of the "Sharp, England" in 1920 census had a forename beginning with "D", so I am at a loss - starting from such little information as you provided online.)
What was this "Friedkin Group"? A traveling troupe? The only Google reference to a "Friedkin Group" was either to a Toyota dealership in Texas, a 1970s "fringe group (of hippies), a Texas campaign finance organization, ...
Was Friedkin a Hollywood film director, a theatrical producer, or .....?
RD
I have found nothing (in Chicago Tribune or NY Times) regarding your "Dolly Sharp" after 90 minutes, so she must not have been a credited actress, at least not one whose name appeared in display ads or reviews (unless you have some old programs or letters from her referring to specific performances or cities visited). The only "Dolly Sharp" I found was a reference to a 1970s "porn" (naked actress) which is unlikely yours. (Stage Names tend to get reused, at least those before union registration became de rigeur.) GenealogyBank refers to a "Mrs Dolly Sharp" who was shot to death (1908, Washington State & Oregon newspapers), three 1802 references in Connecticut Courier, a second grader in Eau Claire Wisconsin, and a couple other "duds". Nothing in a 1910-1920 timeframe, leading me to suspect she was either not a "leading" actress whose name would appear in a review or display ad for the production in which she performed, or she had a different stage name. "T B Fayme" yielded nothing in GenealogyBank so had never toured in the us; "Thomas B Sharp" referred to a railroad man.
What was Dolly's legal name. Maybe you or I can find her in Ancestry's US Census 1910-1920 but not as "Dolly Sharp, born England". So far the only "Dolly Sharp" I found (in HeritageQuest 1870-1920 censuses) were all born in Texas or Georgia. (And none of the "Sharp, England" in 1920 census had a forename beginning with "D", so I am at a loss - starting from such little information as you provided online.)
What was this "Friedkin Group"? A traveling troupe? The only Google reference to a "Friedkin Group" was either to a Toyota dealership in Texas, a 1970s "fringe group (of hippies), a Texas campaign finance organization, ...
Was Friedkin a Hollywood film director, a theatrical producer, or .....?
RD