Katharine Cornell, as Lucrece

Katharine Cornell (February 16, 1893-June 9, 1974) was born on February 16, 1893 (although most sources cite the incorrect year of 1898) in Berlin, Germany to American parents, and raised in Buffalo, New York. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... February 16 is the 47th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Year 1893 (MDCCCXCIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... This article is becoming very long. ...

Acting and writing career

She was a stage actress, writer, and theater owner/theatrical producer. A theatrical producer is the person ultimately responsible for overseeing all aspects of mounting a theatrical production. ...

She is noted for her major Broadway roles in serious dramas, often directed by her husband, Guthrie McClintic. Broadway theatre[1] is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...

Her most famous role was as English poet Elizabeth Barrett Browning in the 1931 Broadway production of The Barretts of Wimpole Street. Other appearances on Broadway included: W. Somerset Maugham's The Letter (1927), Sidney Howard's The Alien Corn (1933), Juliet in Romeo and Juliet (1934), Maxwell Anderson's The Wingless Victory (1936), S. N. Behrman's No Time for Comedy (1939), a Tony Award-winning Cleopatra in Antony and Cleopatra (1947), and a revival of Maugham's The Constant Wife (1951). Elizabeth Barrett Browning Elizabeth Barrett Browning (March 6, 1806 – June 29, 1861) was a member of the Barrett family and one of the most respected poets of the Victorian era. ... The Barretts of Wimpole Street is a 1934 film detailing the real-life romance between poets Elizabeth Barrett (Norma Shearer) and Robert Browning (Fredric March), despite the opposition of her father, played by Charles Laughton. ... W. Somerset Maugham as photographed in 1934 by Carl Van Vechten. ... The Letter is the name of two famous movies: The Letter (1929 movie) The Letter (1940 movie) The Letter is also the name of a popular song, made famous by The Box Tops. ... 1927 (MCMXXVII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Sidney Coe Howard, born June 26, 1891 in Oakland, California, United States – died August 23, 1939 in Tyringham, Massachusetts, was a playwright and screenwriter who became the first person to win both a Pulitzer Prize and an Academy Award. ... Year 1933 (MCMXXXIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... For other meanings see Romeo (disambiguation) and Juliet (disambiguation). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... (James) Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, author, poet, reporter and lyricist, and a founding member of The Playwrights Company (which included, at various times, Maxwell Anderson, S. N. Behrman, Elmer Rice, Robert E. Sherwood, Sidney Howard, Roger L. Stevens, John F... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Samuel N. Behrman (born June 9, 1893 in Worcester, Massachusetts — died September 9, 1973 in New York) was a playwright and worked for the New York Times. ... What is popularly called the Tony Award (formally, the Antoinette Perry Award for Excellence in Theatre) is an annual award celebrating achievements in live American theater, including musical theater, primarily honoring productions on Broadway in New York. ... Antony and Cleopatra is a historical tragedy by William Shakespeare, originally printed in the First Folio of 1623. ... Year 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ... The Constant Wife, a parlor comedy play, was written by W. Somerset Maugham in 1927. ... 1951 (MCMLI) was a common year starting on Monday; see its calendar. ...

Primarily regarded as a tragedienne, she was admired for her refined, romantic presence. One reviewer observed, "Hers is not a robust romanticism, however. It tends toward dark but delicate tints, and the emotion she conveys most aptly is that of an aspiring girlishness which has always been subject to theatrical influences of a special sort." ^[1] Her appearances in comedy were infrequent, and praised more widely for their warmth than their wit. When she appeared in The Constant Wife, critic Brooks Atkinson concluded that she had changed a "hard and metallic" comedy into a romantic drama. ^[2] Brooks Atkinson (November 28, 1894-January 14, 1984) was the theater critic for The New York Times from 1925 to 1960. ...

Cornell died on June 9, 1974, in Tisbury, Massachusetts at the age of 81. June 9 is the 160th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (161st in leap years), with 205 days remaining. ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... The Lighthouse of Tisbury (West Chop Light) in 1891 Northern view of Holmes Hole, East Tisbury, 1841 Tisbury is a town located on Marthas Vineyard in Dukes County, Massachusetts. ...

There is a theater space at the State University of New York at Buffalo named in her honor. Many student productions are presented there year round. University at Buffalo The University at Buffalo, formerly known as the State University of New York at Buffalo, is located in Buffalo, New York, USA, and is one of the four university centers operated by the State University of New York. ...

References

1. ^ Anon. "That Lady". Theatre Arts Monthly February 1950.
2. ^ Brooks Atkinson. Review of The Constant Wife. The New York Times: December 10, 1951.

External links

• Katharine Cornell at the Internet Movie Database
• Photographs from the George Eastman House: [1] [2] [3] [4]