Marjorie Patterson
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Marjorie Patterson (May 12, 1886[1] – March 11, 1948) was an American author and actress in the early 20th century.
Career
[edit]Her works included the novels Fortunata (1911),[2][3][4] The Dust of the Road (1913), about her experiences acting in London,[5][6] and A Woman's Man (1919).[7][8]
Publishers Weekly provided this summary of Fortunata in 1911: "Fortunata is the granddaughter of an old Roman Princess and lives in a great Roman palace. When about 18 she begins to have her own way. She spends money lavishly, associates with most unhealthy companions for a young girl. Finally she drifts to England and marries a very rich man and is forced to live with his hum-drum mother and daughters. The Italian wife remains erratic and the end is tragedy."[9] H. L. Mencken gave the book a positive review.[10]
Patterson's theatre roles included playing the title role in Pierrot the Prodigal (which played at the Booth Theatre in New York and was produced by Winthrop Ames and Walter Knight),[11][12] and in the one-act Pan in Ambush, which she wrote.[13] She also acted for a few years in England.[14][15][16][17][18]
Reporting on her in the 1910s places her birth year around 1891; it was not uncommon at this time for actresses to claim a younger age. Attention to her doings dropped off by about 1922, and there is little subsequent mention of her after that time.
Personal life and death
[edit]Patterson was the only daughter of Wilson Patterson and Margaret Sherwood. Her great-grandfather was author and critic John Neal,[1] and her great-aunt was Elizabeth Patterson Bonaparte, sister-in-law of Napoleon.[3][19] She lived her later years in New York City where she died of hepatitis.
Bibliography
[edit]- Fortunata: a novel (February 1911, Harper & Bros.)
- The Dust of the Road (1913)
- A Woman's Man (1919)
- Pan in Ambush (1916) (one act play)
References
[edit]- 1 2 Richards, Irving T. (1933). The Life and Works of John Neal (PhD). Harvard University. pp. 1275–1276. OCLC 7588473.
- ↑ Gaines, C.H. (February 1911). Harper's Bookshelf, Harper's Magazine, Vol. 122, p. 488-89
- 1 2 (September 1911). Chronicle and Comment, The Bookman (New York), Vol. 34, No. 1, p. 9
- ↑ (4 March 1911). Book review, Pittsburgh Press
- ↑ (8 December 1912). Miss Patterson Rests After Writing Book on English Theatricals, Washington Herald
- ↑ (8 November 1913). The Bellman's Bookshelf, The Bellman, p. 596
- ↑ (1 November 1919). Three Woman Novelists, The Nation
- ↑ American Fiction, 1901-1925: A Bibliography, p. 520 (Cambridge Univ. Press 1997)
- ↑ (25 February 1911). Review, Publishers Weekly
- ↑ (June 1911). The Horse Power of Realism, The Smart Set, p. 153-54
- ↑ (November 1916). Pierrot the Prodigal, Green Book Magazine
- ↑ (16 December 1916). Brooklyn Life (cover photo), Brooklyn Life
- ↑ "Pan in Ambush". Great War Theatre. Retrieved 2024-08-08.
- ↑ (4 November 1921). Girls Greatest Gifts All Belong To Her, Southeast Missourian
- ↑ (30 March 1918). Vagabond Players of Baltimore, The Dramatic Mirror, p. 30
- ↑ (7 February 1916). Acts in Play She Wrote: Miss Marjorie Patterson Presents "Pan in Ambush" in London, The New York Times
- ↑ (14 June 1914). Miss Patterson's Success: Member of Baltimore Family Praised for Her Acting, The New York Times
- ↑ (30 April 1913). Foreign Notes, New York Dramatic Mirror, p. 11, col. 1
- ↑ (July 1908). Types of Fair Women, The Scrap Book, Vol. 6, No. 1, p. 85, 87
External links
[edit]- Works by or about Marjorie Patterson at the Internet Archive
- Marjorie Patterson at the Internet Broadway Database
- Fortunata (Harper & Bros., 1911)
- The Dust of the Road (Henry Holt, 1913)
- A Woman's Man (1919)
- Pan in Ambush (play, published 1921)
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