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Drina de Wolfe (geboren *** in ***, gestorben *** in ***), war eine US-amerikanische Schauspielerin.

Drina de Wolfe, geb. Waters, geboren wohl um 1880 herum, entweder in Baltimore (so http://www.ecrater.com/p/20635441/1905-illustration-drina-de-wolfe-actress ) oder in St. Louis (so http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=NYC19020719.2.7# ), war eine ab dem Jahr 1900 zunächst in London und Birmingham und später am New Yorker Broadway in meist eher leichten, unterhaltsamen Theaterstücken (Kommodien und Melodramen) und in Musicals auftretende Schauspielerin. Drina de Wolfe bekam Rollen in heute überwiegend weitgehend vergessenenen Theaterstücken wie: 'Another Man's Wife' (1900), 'The Taming of Helen', 'The Degenerates', 'The Gay Cadets', 'Sky Farm', 'Gloriana', 'The Deacons Daughter', 'Peaceful Valley', 'The Prodigal Son' (1905), 'The Other Girl' (1905), 'You Never Can Tell' (1905, von George Bernard Shaw), 'The Bishop' (1906). Drina de Wolfe gehörte zeitwilig (genauer Zeitraum unbekannt ***) zur Theatertruppe von Frederick Freeman Proctor, der »F. F. Proctor Comedy and Vaudeville Stock Company«.

Drina de Wolfe gelangte um das Jahr 1900 herum zu kurzlebiger Bekanntheit. Verheiratet war sie (seit ***) mit Charteris de Wolfe, dem Bruder der Schauspielerin, Innenarchitektin und Dekorateurin Elsie de Wolfe. Das Ehepaar hatte (mindestens) einen Sohn, siehe: »Miss Drina De Wolfe, in private life, Mrs. Charteris De Wolfe, has seen little of her baby for a year. Just now he is at Lakewood, N. J. (with his grandmother), where she visited him before the opening of the "The Other Girl" company in which she is playing.« Quelle: Theatre Magazin, https://archive.org/stream/theatremagazine04newyuoft#page/290/mode/2up

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Drina de Wolfe was a Broadway actress who saw a huge upswing in success in 1902, going from backing singer to star in one year. She became a top-billed performer and earned major roles in The Prodigal Son (1905), The Other Girl (1905), and The Bishop (1906). She was sister-in-law to actress and interior decorator Elsie de Wolfe via Drina's marriage to Elsie's brother, Charteris Quelle: http://www.historyforsale.com/drina-de-wolfe-autograph-sentiment-signed-circa-1907/dc88009

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WILLING TO SUCCEED BERNHARDT.

A ripple of merriment went up and down the Rialto last week when Miss Drina de Wolfe announced that she would give impersonations of the great Sarah Bernhardt at the Waldorf-Astoria later in the month. On the road Miss de Wolfe is little known, but in New York she has gained no end of notoriety through her association with Mrs. Osborne's ill-fated playhouse, her reported engagement to Frederic Gebberd and the fact that she has been traveling about the country in Henry Miller's company in a private car which actually cost upwards of $50,000. At best Miss de Wolfe has been nothing but a show girl upon whom men of wealth and position have lavished no end of attention. Nevertheless, at the first performance of "The Taming of Helen" at the Savoy theater she really received several complimentary notices of her acting, although her lavish jewel display was somewhat severely criticised. So pleased was the emoryo actress at these words of kindness that, bubbling over with enthusiasm, she offers to impersonate Mme. Bernhardt in "La Tosca" and "Phedre" at a benefit performance. Of course, the imitation will be done in French and Miss de Wolfe is an excellent French scholar, having spent a large portion of her life in Paris. The result is awaited with interest.

The Butte inter mountain., April 18, 1903, Page 13, Image 13

http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83025294/1903-04-18/ed-1/seq-13/

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»Drina de Wolfe

This interesting young actress, who has been seen recently in a number of important productions, is a sister-in-law of Elsie de Wolfe. She was born in Baltimore and comes from the well-known Walters family of the Monumental City. Her first experience was as one of the show girls at Mr. Osborne's Playhouse, and later she was seen as the adventuress, Mrs. Avian, in 'The Taming of Helen' at the Savoy. Miss de Wolfe has all the endowments to fit a woman for a sucessful stage career,–youth, beauty, a fine voice, distinction of bearing and education. She ist ambitious and works hard, and the authority with which she invested the part of Mrs. Avian was surprising in so young an actress. It is her ambition to play Shakespearean heroines–Ophelia, Beatrice, Rosalind and Juliet. She is now appearing as Gloria in 'You Never Can Tell'. «

1905 Illustration Drina De Wolfe Actress Gloria in: 'You Never Can Tell' 31905T

An original photo article titled: Drina De Wolfe and providing background of this actress.

Source: March 1905 Theatre magazine

Condition: Very good; page measures about 9" × 13".

http://www.ecrater.com/p/20635441/1905-illustration-drina-de-wolfe-actress

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DRINA DE WOLFE,

- A comparatively recent accession to the ranks of F. F. Proctor's stock companies, has attracted attention by the painstaking character of her work, and seems likely to rapidly forge ahead in her profession. Miss De Wolfe, besides her talent, is possessed of beauty, youth and vivacity. Born in St. Louis, Mo., she passed several years abroad, and in 1900 she made her first appearance on any stage at a London theatre, playing the role of a society girl in "Another Man's Wife". Subsequently the play was toured through the English provinces. Miss De Wolfe's next engagement was in the support of Mrs. Langtry in "The Degenerates", assuming the role of Lady Stornway. Then followed an appearance in "The Gay Cadets", a musical comedy, in London and Birmingham, after which Miss De Wolfe came to America, making her debut in her native land in "Sky Farm", which enjoyed a long run at the Garrick Theatre, this city, last season. An offer from Mr. Proctor was then accepted, and she made her first appearance in that manager's stock forces in "Gloriana", at the Fifty-eighth Street Theatre. She has since played in "The Deacons Daughter" and "Peaceful Valley" and other plays at the various Proctor houses. Miss De Wolfe is a sister in law of Elsie De Wolfe.

New York Clipper, 19 July 1902 p. 446

http://idnc.library.illinois.edu/cgi-bin/illinois?a=d&d=NYC19020719.2.7#

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Miss Drina De Wolfe, in private life, Mrs. Charteris De Wolfe, has seen little of her baby for a year. Just now he is at Lakewood, N. J. (with his grandmother), where she visited him before the opening of the "The Other Girl" company in which she is playing.

Theatre Magazin, https://archive.org/stream/theatremagazine04newyuoft#page/290/mode/2up

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