42:
184:
268:
148:(1875–1974) was an American actress. Although little known in her own country, she became a major figure in the history of the Australian stage, achieving the peak of her career during an Antipodean tour from 1904 to 1909. She is also notable for being the only known link between two notable acting families of different centuries, having worked in 19th-century America with
331:
down the street, to have men looking at me and speculating about me. I hate to hear them say, "That’s
Tittell Brune" and I feel their eyes boring into my back when I’m past. It makes me feel common and I loathe it. If I can’t disguise myself I’ve got to put up with it. But that kind of publicity revolts me. It really does, because I am religious – I’m half a nun.
200:, where her mother Minna Esther St Marie kept a lodging house. She had two elder sisters: Esther, also an actress who became a "crack shot and expert stage swordswoman" and performed in at least one silent film before her death in 1934; and Charlotte, who married a theatrical manager. She also had family who were nuns.
330:
I’m an actress…but I’m also religious; I can’t help it. I can justify my actress self to my religious self: but I can’t justify the things that you can’t separate from the actress, the publicity, the feeling of being considered public property even off the stage. I hate that. I don’t like when I walk
313:
and Gaston
Mervale. The performance was a huge success and led to her becoming one of the most popular actresses on the Australian and New Zealand stage. She received lyrical reviews for her performance as "Peter Pan" in the play's first season in Australia in 1908, produced by J. C. Williamson. She
297:
in June 1904. Minnie was unhurt, but she took a philosophical view of such incidents. She later told an interviewer "I was not alarmed about the wreck, though I fully realised the danger of it. If it was to have been that I should be drowned – well, that’s all about it. It would have happened so. As
243:
Minnie's husband, Clarence Marion Brune (born
Clarence Marion Browne), was an attorney and a theatre producer who earned several degrees from such universities as Harvard, Wesleyan, Université Laval (Quebec), University of Chicago Law School, Catholic University of America and Columbia College (New
167:
Married by 1899 to
Clarence Marion Brune (née Browne) (1867–1935), an adventurous attorney from whom she took her stage name, the couple were immediately sued repeatedly in the state of Washington for land speculation fraud and legal scandals continued to dog her husband in Australia. Despite this
409:
Little noticed in her own country, and lacking even a press obituary, she was nevertheless a major figure in the history of the
Australian stage where, for a period, she had been a household name in both Australia and in New Zealand.
399:(1916). In 1916, Minnie was also credited as being in six other films directed by Hal Roach, starring Harold Lloyd. In 1917 she was singing at London's Coliseum, before she returned to her home country.
340:
Minnie
Tittell Brune’s five-year sojourn in Australia ended in 1909. She decided to try her luck in London but met with limited success. She received only mediocre reviews in her first piece,
255:
at the Grand Opera House, New York in 1901 and they toured together continuously in the United States for nearly a decade before leaving for
Australia in 1904. But it was only in the
244:
York City). Clarence was also the author of works on topics such as Modern
Theatre, Greek Tragedy, Shakespearean Legal Terminology, the Romantic Movement, and English Poetry.
373:
at the
Coronet theatre. The New York Times reported in August, in addition to a report that ostrich feathers were making a comeback, that she had returned on the
285:, who is said to have met her while she was on her honeymoon in Europe. It was not until 1904 that he persuaded Minnie to make the voyage from California to
41:
176:". Upon retirement or widowhood, the "nun" half came to the fore, and she was living in relative obscurity as a member of the Order of St Francis in
402:
Nothing further is known of her career. She became widowed when her husband
Clarence died in 1935, and was living in obscurity as a member of the
183:
172:
faith seriously and was often conflicted about her roles as a Catholic and an actress, describing herself in one Australian interview as "
164:. Although having no previous family acting background, Minnie's own two sisters Esther and Charlotte also pursued careers on the stage.
569:
559:
574:
309:
at Her Majesty's Theatre. Minnie played Sunday, "the whole-hearted lovable girl at a miners camp." She was supported by
208:
564:
387:. By 1913 she was back in London where, during her stay, she made three movies under the name Fanny Tittell-Brune:
203:
Minnie made her first stage appearance as a child of four and a half when she played Little Jim in
17:
406:
when she died in her 100th year in Los Angeles in September 1974. She was interred with a Catholic service.
579:
215:
for about a year, perhaps in a parental attempt to discourage her from a career in theatre. Working as a
247:
It is recorded that she appeared with her husband Clarence (whose name she took) in a revival of
228:
149:
379:
after an absence of nine years to appear in New York, billed as Minnie Tittell-Brune at the
168:
they remained together until his death. With a strong religious upbringing, Minnie took her
554:
549:
8:
403:
380:
375:
533:
523:
440:
469:
353:
294:
282:
248:
369:
Minnie had few London appearances in 1911, her major role being in a play called
345:
267:
232:
220:
161:
494:
Quinquennial Catalogue of the Officers and Graduates of Harvard University, 1915
211:
of her home town. After her childhood appearances on stage, she was placed in a
362:
47:
543:
273:
197:
72:
357:
310:
187:
J C Williamson Co -Miss Tittell Brune souvenir. (Inside front page. 1905).
157:
153:
509:
The NY Times subscriber search for Minnie Tittell-Brune, 15 September 1912
503:
The NY Times subscriber search for Minnie Tittel- Brune, 1 September 1901
319:
216:
177:
99:
52:
529:
519:
103:
76:
506:
The NY Times subscriber search for Minnie Tittel- Brune, 8 August 1912
286:
256:
470:"Finding Aid to Clarence Marion Brune Papers – University Archives"
315:
169:
212:
302:
180:, California when she died in September 1974 at the age of 99.
500:
The NY Times subscriber search for Esther Tittell, 7 July 1934
323:
360:, Sir Henry Irving's surviving son, and as the chorus in
326:
in press interviews. One magazine quoted her as saying:
196:
Minnie Tittell Brune was born Minnie Tittle in 1875 in
289:. The ship on which she and her husband travelled,
227:and touring the United States with actors such as
46:Minnie Tittell Brune as the Duke of Reichstadt in
271:Roy Redgrave and Miss Tittell Brune appearing in
541:
238:
305:on Saturday, September 21, 1904, in the play
435:
433:
431:
429:
427:
425:
423:
472:. The Catholic University of America. 2013
40:
420:
314:was by then 29 years of age and a devout
266:
182:
298:it was ordained otherwise, here I am!"
259:that she made a huge name for herself.
14:
542:
497:The Harvard University Directory, 1910
262:
464:
462:
460:
458:
156:, and in 20th century Australia with
443:. HAT-History of Australian Theatre
24:
455:
139:Clarence Marion Brune (nee Browne)
25:
591:
513:
301:She made her first appearance in
281:She was brought to Australia by
219:, she went on tour for producer
570:20th-century American actresses
560:19th-century American actresses
335:
307:Sunday, a Story of Western Life
13:
1:
488:
239:Husband Clarence Marion Brune
191:
575:Actresses from San Francisco
348:. Her work in 1910 included
7:
223:, appearing in New York in
10:
596:
135:
127:
119:
111:
84:
61:
39:
32:
565:American stage actresses
526:– as Fanny Tittell-Brune
413:
322:, and often quoted the
229:Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
150:Junius Brutus Booth Jr.
441:"Minnie Tittell Brune"
333:
278:
225:The Girl I left Behind
188:
381:Manhattan Opera House
371:The Woman on the Case
350:Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde
328:
270:
186:
530:Minnie Tittell Brune
520:Minnie Tittell Brune
342:The Eternal Question
146:Minnie Tittell Brune
34:Minnie Tittell Brune
580:American drag kings
404:Order of St Francis
318:, a non-smoker and
263:Australia 1904–1909
123:Fanny Tittell-Brune
27:Actress (1875–1974)
279:
209:California Theatre
189:
536:– as Minna Browne
397:Temptation's Hour
293:, ran aground in
160:, founder of the
143:
142:
16:(Redirected from
587:
482:
481:
479:
477:
466:
453:
452:
450:
448:
437:
385:An Aztec Romance
295:Port Phillip Bay
283:J. C. Williamson
205:Lights of London
120:Other names
95:
93:
44:
30:
29:
21:
595:
594:
590:
589:
588:
586:
585:
584:
540:
539:
516:
491:
486:
485:
475:
473:
468:
467:
456:
446:
444:
439:
438:
421:
416:
389:Esther Redeemed
354:Queen's Theatre
346:Garrick Theatre
338:
265:
241:
233:Frederick Warde
221:Charles Frohman
194:
162:Redgrave family
107:
97:
91:
89:
80:
70:
68:
67:
57:
35:
28:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
593:
583:
582:
577:
572:
567:
562:
557:
552:
538:
537:
527:
515:
514:External links
512:
511:
510:
507:
504:
501:
498:
495:
490:
487:
484:
483:
454:
418:
417:
415:
412:
337:
334:
264:
261:
240:
237:
193:
190:
141:
140:
137:
133:
132:
129:
125:
124:
121:
117:
116:
113:
109:
108:
98:
96:(aged 98)
86:
82:
81:
71:
65:
63:
59:
58:
48:Edmond Rostand
45:
37:
36:
33:
26:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
592:
581:
578:
576:
573:
571:
568:
566:
563:
561:
558:
556:
553:
551:
548:
547:
545:
535:
531:
528:
525:
521:
518:
517:
508:
505:
502:
499:
496:
493:
492:
471:
465:
463:
461:
459:
442:
436:
434:
432:
430:
428:
426:
424:
419:
411:
407:
405:
400:
398:
394:
390:
386:
382:
378:
377:
372:
367:
365:
364:
359:
355:
351:
347:
343:
332:
327:
325:
321:
317:
312:
308:
304:
299:
296:
292:
291:The Australia
288:
284:
276:
275:
274:Leah Kleschna
269:
260:
258:
254:
250:
245:
236:
234:
230:
226:
222:
218:
214:
210:
206:
201:
199:
198:San Francisco
185:
181:
179:
175:
171:
165:
163:
159:
155:
151:
147:
138:
134:
130:
126:
122:
118:
114:
110:
105:
101:
87:
83:
78:
74:
73:San Francisco
66:Minnie Tittle
64:
60:
55:
54:
49:
43:
38:
31:
19:
18:Tittell Brune
474:. Retrieved
445:. Retrieved
408:
401:
396:
395:(1916), and
393:Iron Justice
392:
388:
384:
374:
370:
368:
361:
349:
341:
339:
336:Later career
329:
311:Roy Redgrave
306:
300:
290:
280:
272:
252:
246:
242:
224:
204:
202:
195:
173:
166:
158:Roy Redgrave
154:Booth family
145:
144:
51:
555:1974 deaths
550:1875 births
358:H.B. Irving
320:teetotaller
217:child actor
178:Los Angeles
112:Nationality
100:Los Angeles
544:Categories
489:References
277:circa 1907
192:Early life
174:half a nun
128:Occupation
104:California
77:California
356:opposite
287:Australia
257:Antipodes
88:Sept 1974
476:21 March
447:21 March
391:(1915),
316:Catholic
253:Theodora
170:Catholic
115:American
53:L'Aiglon
50:'s play
376:Oceanic
363:Henry V
352:at the
344:at the
213:convent
207:at the
152:of the
131:Actress
92:1974-10
90: (
303:Sydney
249:Sardou
136:Spouse
414:Notes
324:Bible
534:IMDb
524:IMDb
478:2013
449:2013
231:and
106:, US
85:Died
79:, US
69:1875
62:Born
532:at
522:at
383:in
251:'s
546::
457:^
422:^
366:.
235:.
102:,
75:,
480:.
451:.
94:)
56:.
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
._(21066535073).jpg)
