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Mabel Taliaferro

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Mabel Taliaferro was known as favoring women's suffrage. In February 1914 she participated in a suffrage gathering that drew 1,500 people to honor the work of
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co-starring her then-husband Thomas Carrigan. She continued performing in films through her retirement in 1921. In 1940, she appeared in her final picture,
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Taliaferro began acting on stage at age 2 with Chauncey Olcott. Later she appeared with James A. Hearne and with Sol Smith Russell in
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with John E. Dodson and Miss Annie Irish. The following year she was seen in the support of Louis Mann in
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After a brief season in vaudeville she joined William Collier's company in a tour of Australia.
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on June 3, 1929. She also married and divorced actor Thomas Jay Carrigan. Taliaferro married
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In 1899, she achieved distinction in the role of little Esther in Israel Zangwill's play,
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a part she played continuously for two and one-half years. In 1905 she supported
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On January 11, 1920, Taliaferro married army officer Josephus P. O'Brien in
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In the first decade of the 20th century, Taliaferro's husband and manager,
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A year later she played the witching elf-child in Yeats's Gaelic fantasy,
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portrait gallery of Mabel Taliaferro NY Public Library
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In 1907, she was injured in a car crash. She died in
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Taliaferro was born as Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro in
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In 1902-3 Taliaferro appeared in 13: 1407:American people of Italian descent 1402:American people of English descent 14: 1418: 1372:Actresses from Richmond, Virginia 1301: 1208: 613:(1911; released January 1, 1912) 463:, on January 24, 1979, aged 91. 192: 165: 138: 1392:20th-century American actresses 1279: 1256: 1216: 1175: 1145: 1122:. October 3, 1941. p. 23. 1108: 1071: 1040: 1020: 946:. November 19, 1950. p. 22 730:Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 431:in Coney Island as well as the 329:Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch 188: 161: 134: 1387:American vaudeville performers 1367:American silent film actresses 1193:. December 8, 1950. p. 52 1000: 932: 929:by Daniel Blum c. 1953 page 25 920: 894: 882: 466: 257: 1: 1382:Taliaferro family of Virginia 814: 626:Mabel Taliaferro in the play 891:. Saturday, December 1, 1906 657:George Washington Slept Here 384:in "The Floor of Heaven" on 16:American actress (1887–1979) 7: 1079:"Mabel Taliaferro Divorced" 532:Peggy, the Will O' the Wisp 10: 1423: 1321:Internet Broadway Database 808:You Can't Take It with You 738:The Land of Heart's Desire 343:and later went on tour in 315:The Land of Heart's Desire 281:and the cousin of actress 252:Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro 47:Maybelle Evelyn Taliaferro 902:"Mabel Taliaferro (Nell)" 288: 229: 221: 111: 103: 95: 87: 68: 42: 30: 23: 1397:Actresses from Manhattan 864:"Women in History Month" 617: 540:A Magdalene of the Hills 448:. They were divorced in 369:and the film version of 264:Manhattan, New York City 213:(died 1950) 61:Manhattan, New York City 1377:Actresses from Honolulu 1362:American film actresses 1275:(subscription required) 1171:(subscription required) 1067:(subscription required) 1036:(subscription required) 1016:(subscription required) 849:(subscription required) 693:The Call of the Cricket 406:Personal life and death 802:Mistress Sims Inherits 777:Children of the Ghetto 632: 420: 345:The Bishop's Carriage. 308:Children of the Ghetto 298: 1116:"Thomas Jay Carrigan" 906:The Anaconda Standard 796:The Hat from Hangtown 783: 625: 413: 296: 1272:. December 27, 1907. 759:An American Invasion 320:An American Invasion 191: 1920; 164: 1913; 137: 1906; 123:Frederic W. Thompson 1013:. December 1, 1906. 846:. 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Manhattan, New York City
Honolulu, Hawaii
Frederic W. Thompson
Robert Ober
Edith Taliaferro
Bessie Barriscale
Manhattan, New York City
Richmond, Virginia
Italian
Edith Taliaferro
Bessie Barriscale

Children of the Ghetto
The Land of Heart's Desire
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch
Arnold Daly
You Never Can Tell
Frederic Thompson
Selig Studios
Glenn Langan
Studio One
Anna Howard Shaw

The Dawn of Love
Frederic Thompson
Luna Park
New York Hippodrome
Polly of the Circus
Darien, Connecticut

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