Camille D'elmar
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Camille D'elmar was a stage actress and opera performer from Rochester, New York
. Her father was Dr. Long of Rochester. She appeared on stage as a youth. D'elmar was the name she was known by to theater audiences in American and England
. Her married name was Mrs. Richard Baker.
When she was six years old D'elmar appeared with Joseph Jefferson
in Rip Van Winkle at the Varieties Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana
. She went to England as a child. As a teenager she became popular in London, England as an actress of singing chambermaids. This was the term given soubrette
roles at the time.
D'elmar returned to America with Emily Soldene
for a role in Genevieve de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach
. She played other opera
bouffes and toured in Frivolity. D'elmar was with the Frank Daniels Company for a time. She was in a production of A Legal Wreck.
D'elmar died in the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
following an operation for cancer in 1902. She was 41.
Her husband, Richard Baker, was the stage manager of the Grand Opera House in Philadelphia. He cast her for a role in a revival of The Great Ruby, a production which began the week D'elmar died.
Rochester, New York
Rochester is a city in Monroe County, New York, south of Lake Ontario in the United States. Known as The World's Image Centre, it was also once known as The Flour City, and more recently as The Flower City...
. Her father was Dr. Long of Rochester. She appeared on stage as a youth. D'elmar was the name she was known by to theater audiences in American and England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
. Her married name was Mrs. Richard Baker.
When she was six years old D'elmar appeared with Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson
Joseph Jefferson, commonly known as Joe Jefferson , was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous of all American comedians....
in Rip Van Winkle at the Varieties Theater in New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans, Louisiana
New Orleans is a major United States port and the largest city and metropolitan area in the state of Louisiana. The New Orleans metropolitan area has a population of 1,235,650 as of 2009, the 46th largest in the USA. The New Orleans – Metairie – Bogalusa combined statistical area has a population...
. She went to England as a child. As a teenager she became popular in London, England as an actress of singing chambermaids. This was the term given soubrette
Soubrette
A soubrette is a female stock character in opera and theatre. The term arrived in English from Provençal via French, and means "conceited" or "coy".-Theater:...
roles at the time.
D'elmar returned to America with Emily Soldene
Emily Soldene
Emily Soldene was an English singer, actress, director, theatre manager, novelist and journalist of the late Victorian era and the Edwardian period...
for a role in Genevieve de Brabant by Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach was a Prussian-born French composer, cellist and impresario. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s–1870s and his uncompleted opera The Tales of Hoffmann. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss, Jr....
. She played other opera
bouffes and toured in Frivolity. D'elmar was with the Frank Daniels Company for a time. She was in a production of A Legal Wreck.
D'elmar died in the Medico-Chirurgical Hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...
following an operation for cancer in 1902. She was 41.
Her husband, Richard Baker, was the stage manager of the Grand Opera House in Philadelphia. He cast her for a role in a revival of The Great Ruby, a production which began the week D'elmar died.