Lucy Beaumont
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Lucy Beaumont was an English actress of the stage and screen from Bristol, England. She was the daughter of Sir Albert and Helen Coles. She was educated at a young ladies' college in Bath, England.
On the American stage Lucy played opposite Walter Connolly
in The Bishop Misbehaves and Leslie Howard
in Berkeley Square. Later she appeared in the motion picture version of Berkeley Square. During the 1914–1915 season Beaumont was in My Lady's Dress at the Playhouse in New York
. The following season she was featured in Quinneys, for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in Little Lady in Blue.
Miss Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her motion pictures are The Greater Glory
(1926), with Conway Tearle
, The Man Without A Country (1925), with Pauline Starke
,
Torrent (1926), with Ricardo Cortez
, The Beloved Rogue
, with John Barrymore
, Resurrection (1927), with Dolores del Río
, The Crowd (1928), with Eleanor Boardman
, and Maid of Salem (1937), (her final motion picture), with Claudette Colbert
.
Lucy Beaumont was married to Captain Douglas Arthur Harris. Her final professional appearance was in April 1937 on the Robert L. Ripley radio programme. She died in 1937 at the Hotel Royalton, 44 West 44th Street, New York City. She had been in America for twenty years prior to her death. In her film roles Beaumont had a strong resemblance to Mary Carr
, another famous character actress who played 'mother' roles.
On the American stage Lucy played opposite Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly
Walter Connolly was an American character actor who appeared in almost fifty films between 1914 and 1939.Connolly was a successful stage actor who appeared in twenty-two Broadway productions between 1916 and 1935, notably revivals of Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author and Chekhov's...
in The Bishop Misbehaves and Leslie Howard
Leslie Howard (actor)
Leslie Howard was an English stage and film actor, director, and producer. Among his best-known roles was Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind and roles in Berkeley Square , Of Human Bondage , The Scarlet Pimpernel , The Petrified Forest , Pygmalion , Intermezzo , Pimpernel Smith...
in Berkeley Square. Later she appeared in the motion picture version of Berkeley Square. During the 1914–1915 season Beaumont was in My Lady's Dress at the Playhouse in New York
New York City
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. The following season she was featured in Quinneys, for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in Little Lady in Blue.
Miss Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her motion pictures are The Greater Glory
The Greater Glory
The Greater Glory is a 1926 silent drama film directed by Curt Rehfeld, starring Conway Tearle and featuring Boris Karloff. This film is sometimes listed as The Viennese Medley, the title of Edith O'Shaughnessy's novel of which the film is based. The film is lost.-Cast:* Conway Tearle - Count...
(1926), with Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle
Conway Tearle was an Anglo-American stage actor who went on to perform in silent and early sound films.-Early life:...
, The Man Without A Country (1925), with Pauline Starke
Pauline Starke
Pauline Starke was an American silent-film actress born in Joplin, Missouri.She made her acting debut appearing as a dance extra in D.W. Griffith's film Intolerance...
,
Torrent (1926), with Ricardo Cortez
Ricardo Cortez
Jacob Krantz , known by his stage name Ricardo Cortez, was an American film actor who began his career during the silent era.-Life and career:...
, The Beloved Rogue
The Beloved Rogue
The Beloved Rogue is a 1927 American silent film, loosely based on the life of the 15th century French poet, François Villon. The film was directed by Alan Crosland for United Artists....
, with John Barrymore
John Barrymore
John Sidney Blyth , better known as John Barrymore, was an acclaimed American actor. He first gained fame as a handsome stage actor in light comedy, then high drama and culminating in groundbreaking portrayals in Shakespearean plays Hamlet and Richard III...
, Resurrection (1927), with Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río
Dolores del Río was a Mexican film actress. She was a star of Hollywood films during the silent era and in the Golden Age of Hollywood...
, The Crowd (1928), with Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman
Eleanor Boardman was an American film actress, popular during the era of silent movies.-Early life and career:...
, and Maid of Salem (1937), (her final motion picture), with Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert
Claudette Colbert was a French-born American-based actress of stage and film.Born in Paris, France and raised in New York City, Colbert began her career in Broadway productions during the 1920s, progressing to film with the advent of talking pictures...
.
Lucy Beaumont was married to Captain Douglas Arthur Harris. Her final professional appearance was in April 1937 on the Robert L. Ripley radio programme. She died in 1937 at the Hotel Royalton, 44 West 44th Street, New York City. She had been in America for twenty years prior to her death. In her film roles Beaumont had a strong resemblance to Mary Carr
Mary Carr
Mary Carr was an American film actress and was married to the actor William Carr . She appeared in 144 films between 1915 and 1956...
, another famous character actress who played 'mother' roles.