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Frank Elliott Dakin (married 4 April 1922, separated 1925, divorced 9 December 1927), a stage director known professionally as Frank Elliott. They had two sons, each of whom took his mother's maiden name after their parents' divorce: Anthony "Tony" Cumming and Lt. Greville C. E. Cumming. During the
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Desley Deacon, 2013. "From Victorian Accomplishment to Modern Profession: Elocution Takes Judith Anderson, Sylvia Bremer and Dorothy Cumming to Hollywood, 1912-1918."
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became a prominent American interior decorator, and Eileen Cumming an advertising executive, who married rheumatologist
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The family moved to Sydney around 1904, settling in the Sydney suburb of Woollahra. There, while a student at
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Allan McNab, married 2 August 1932. He was a British artist and designer who became the art director of
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Cumming had three full siblings, including two sisters who also moved to the United States.
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Rose Cumming, Russell L. Cecil, and Affiliated Families Photographs and Papers
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divorce trial, it was revealed that Cummings, for the role of Mary in
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State Library of New South Wales, Grant family Photo Album Record
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The Burrowa News 13 April, 1894 (NSW : 1874 - 1951)
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In 1915 she appeared in the 6 reel J.C. Williamson film
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Boorowa
New South Wales
Australia
New York, New York
silent film era
Virgin Mary
Cecil B. DeMille
The King of Kings
Lillian Gish
The Wind
Boorowa
New South Wales
Brisbane
Queensland
Yass
Ascham School
Enid Bennett
J. C. Williamson
Within our Gates, or Deeds that Won Gallipoli
Get-Rich-Quick Wallingford
Officer 666
Fred Niblo
Rose Cumming
Russell LaFayette Cecil
Life
Norman Bel Geddes
Art Institute of Chicago
New York City
Within Our Gates

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