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Mildred Holland
BornApril 9, 1869
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJanuary 27, 1944 (aged 74)
New York City, New York
OccupationActress
Years active1890–1927
SpouseEdward C. White

Mildred Holland (April 9, 1869 – January 27, 1944)[1] was an American actress who appeared on stage for more than 35 years. A Chicago native, she was trained as an actress at the Chicago Conservatory, and made her stage debut there with the Hanlon Brothers in 1890 in the title role of Fantasma. In her early career she starred in national tours of Hanlon's Superba, Steele MacKaye's Paul Kauvar, and Old Glory. She later worked on Broadway, in American repertory theatre, and as a silent film actress.

Life and career

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Holland was born in Chicago[2] and studied under Augustin Daly at the Chicago Conservatory (CC).[3] In addition to studying drama at that school, she was trained in the sport of fencing. Her talent in this activity received press attention,[4][5] and she later gave lectures on fencing in New York City in 1896.[6] In January 1890 she portrayed the French governess in the burletta A Dress Rehearsal which was staged by the CC at McVicker's Theater.[7]

After graduating from the CC in 1890, Holland joined the troupe of the Hanlon Brothers; making her professional debut with that company in August 1890 at People's Theatre in Chicago in the title role in Fantasma.[8] This was followed by the role of the wicked fairy queen Wallalia[9] in the Hanlon Brothers' show Superba.[10] This production premiered in Buffalo, New York where it played at the Star Theatre in October 1890.[11] It subsequently toured to other American cities in 1890-1891; including Detroit,[9] Fort Wayne, Indiana,[12] Dayton, Ohio,[13] Cleveland,[14] Pittsburgh,[15] Brooklyn (Brooklyn Academy of Music),[16] New Haven, Connecticut,[17] Boston (Globe Theatre),[18] Philadelphia (Arch Street Theatre),[19] Decatur, Illinois,[20] Chicago (Columbia Theatre),[21] Indianapolis (English's Opera House),[22] St. Louis (Pope's Theatre),[23] Kansas City (Gillis Opera House),[24] Omaha (Boyd's Theater and Opera House),[25] Minneapolis (Grand Opera House),[26] Milwaukee (Davidson Theatre),[27] and Wilmington, Delaware (Grand Opera House).[28] In December 1891 the tour was still going strong when it made a return to Philadelphia for performances at the Chestnut Street Opera House.[29] She was still touring in Superba as late as May 1892 when the production returned to Chicago for performances at the Haymarket Theater.[30]

In 1892-1893 season Holland toured in Steele MacKaye's Paul Kauvar in the role of the title character's wife, Diane; a tour which began at the Lee Avenue Academy in Brooklyn[31] followed by further performances in that city at the Star Theater.[32] The show subsequently toured to theaters in Virginia,[33] North Carolina,[34] Florida,[35] Georgia,[36] Alabama,[37] Louisiana,[38] Texas,[39] Tennessee,[40] Arkansas,[41] Illinois,[42] Wisconsin,[43] Michigan,[44] Ohio,[45] Missouri,[46] Indiana,[47] Pennsylvania,[48] Delaware,[49] New Jersey,[50] and Washington D.C.[51] The show also toured to Canada in late 1893.[52] In the summer of 1894 she was engaged at the Lyceum Theater in Buffalo, New York to star in a new play by Oliver J. Booth, The Dagger and the Rose,[53] in which she portrayed Louise Demarville.[54] The following autumn she was engaged at the Bijou Theatre in Pittsburgh as May Harvey in the play Old Glory,[55] which she subsequently performed on tour to theaters in Ohio (1894)[56] Illinois (1894),[57] Indiana (1895),[58] Massachusetts (1895),[59] and New York (1895) among many other U.S. States.[60]

In 1896 Holland portrayed Lady Sneerwell in The School for Scandal at the Grand Opera House in Memphis.[61] She went on to act in repertory theatre for a good part of her career.[2] On Broadway, she directed and acted in The Lily and the Prince (1911) and The Triumph of an Empress (1911) in addition to acting in Camille (1911) and Tales of Rigo (1927).[62] She also worked in vaudeville.[2] Holland translated plays from French for use in her troupe's productions.[3]

Her first film appearance was in 1912, in the short Two Old Pals with Otto Breitkreutz. Outside of the theater and film, Holland was president of the Actors' Church Alliance and vice president of the Professional Women's League besides being active in other organizations.[3] Her spouse was Edward C. White.[63] She died on January 17, 1944, in New York City at the age of 74.[62]

References

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  1. ↑ Who Was Who in the Theatre:1912–1976 vol.2 D-H p. 1195, originally published annually by John Parker; this 1976 version by the Gale Research Company
  2. 1 2 3 Fisher, James; Londré, Felicia Hardison (2017). Historical Dictionary of American Theater: Modernism. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-1-5381-0786-7. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  3. 1 2 3 "Mildred Holland". The Labor Digest: 9. May 1911. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Art of Fencing". The Sacramento Bee. April 5, 1890. p. 1.
  5. ↑ "Miss Mildred Foils". The Pratt Union. January 2, 1890. p. 4.
  6. ↑ "Women are Not Defenseless". Carrollton Daily Democrat. January 10, 1896. p. 3.
  7. ↑ "Music and Drama". Chicago Tribune. January 30, 1890. p. 4.
  8. ↑ "People's". The Inter Ocean. August 17, 1890. p. 13.
  9. 1 2 "Superba". Detroit Free Press. October 19, 1890. p. 15.
  10. ↑ "Coulisse Chat". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. September 7, 1890. p. 26.
  11. ↑ "Star Theatre". Buffalo Post. October 7, 1890. p. 6.
  12. ↑ "Hanlon's Superba". Fort Wayne Journal Gazette. October 28, 1890. p. 4.
  13. ↑ "Amusements: Superba". The Dayton Herald. Oct 31, 1890. p. 7.
  14. ↑ "Plays and Players". The Plain Dealer. November 2, 1890. p. 10.
  15. ↑ "Theatrical". The Pittsburgh Press. November 11, 1890. p. 4.
  16. ↑ "The World of Players". The Brooklyn Daily Times. November 22, 1890. p. 6.
  17. ↑ "Proctor's Opera House". The Morning Journal-Courier. December 9, 1890. p. 2.
  18. ↑ "Superb Superba". The Boston Globe. December 16, 1890. p. 6.
  19. ↑ "With the Thespians". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 30, 1890. p. 3.
  20. ↑ "Superba". Herald and Review. January 17, 1891. p. 4.
  21. ↑ "Columbia". The Inter Ocean. January 25, 1891. p. 1.
  22. ↑ "Amusements". The Indianapolis News. February 17, 1891. p. 6.
  23. ↑ "Pope's". St. Louis Globe-Democrat. February 23, 1891. p. 6.
  24. ↑ "The Gillis — The Hanlons". The Kansas City Times. March 1, 1891. p. 16.
  25. ↑ "A Marvelous Production". The Omaha Evening Bee. March 25, 1891. p. 8.
  26. ↑ "Hanlon's Superba". Minneapolis Daily Times. April 5, 1891. p. 2.
  27. ↑ "At the Theaters". The Milwaukee Sentinel. April 14, 1891. p. 2.
  28. ↑ "Amusements". The Morning News. December 18, 1891. p. 4.
  29. ↑ "Chestnut St. Opera House". The Philadelphia Inquirer. December 29, 1891. p. 5.
  30. ↑ "Amusements". The Inter Ocean. May 3, 1892. p. 4.
  31. ↑ "Lee Avenue Academy". The Brooklyn Citizen. September 6, 1892. p. 2.
  32. ↑ "Star Theater". Brooklyn Eagle. September 18, 1892. p. 19.
  33. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The News and Advance. October 2, 1892. p. 4.
  34. ↑ "Opera House". The Wilmington Morning Star. October 9, 1892. p. 1.
  35. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Evening Times-Union. October 11, 1892. p. 2.
  36. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Macon Telegraph. October 26, 1892. p. 3.
  37. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". Birmingham Post-Herald. October 20, 1892. p. 2.
  38. ↑ "Grand Opera House". The Times-Democrat. November 3, 1892. p. 3.
  39. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". Fort Worth Daily Gazette. November 20, 1892. p. 9.
  40. ↑ "Amusements: The Lyceum Theater". The Public Ledger. December 8, 1892. p. 1.
  41. ↑ "Amusements: Paul Kauvar". Daily Arkansas Gazette. December 9, 1892. p. 6.
  42. ↑ "Makes Quite a Hit". Chicago Tribune. December 20, 1892. p. 3.
  43. ↑ "A Clever Play". Oshkosh Northwestern. January 11, 1893. p. 4.
  44. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Saginaw News. January 19, 1893. p. 4.
  45. ↑ "Dramatic". The Plain Dealer. February 5, 1893. p. 14.
  46. ↑ "Paul Kauvar at Pope's". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. March 5, 1893. p. 22.
  47. ↑ "Paul Kauvar at English's". The Indianapolis News. March 25, 1893. p. 12.
  48. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Morning Call. April 15, 1893. p. 1.
  49. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Evening Journal. April 21, 1893. p. 4.
  50. ↑ "Ross' Hoboken Theatre". The Jersey Journal. April 28, 1893. p. 3.
  51. ↑ "Paul Kauvar at the Academy". The Washington Post. April 18, 1893. p. 2.
  52. ↑ "Paul Kauvar". The Kingston Whig-Standard. November 22, 1893. p. 1.
  53. ↑ "At the Theatres". Buffalo Post. June 23, 1894. p. 10.
  54. ↑ "At the Lyceum Theater". The Buffalo Sunday Morning News. June 24, 1894. p. 5.
  55. ↑ "A Variety of Plays". The Pittsburgh Press. November 27, 1894. p. 5.
  56. ↑ "Old Glory". The Plain Dealer. December 25, 1894. p. 8.
  57. ↑ "Amusements". The Inter Ocean. January 1, 1895. p. 6.
  58. ↑ "Notes of the Stage". The Indianapolis Journal. January 12, 1895. p. 6.
  59. ↑ "Old Glory". Fall River Globe. December 28, 1895. p. 7.
  60. ↑ "Empire Theater". The Brooklyn Citizen. October 22, 1895. p. 4.
  61. ↑ "The Commercial Appeal". March 14, 1896. p. 5.
  62. 1 2 "Mildred Holland". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 24, 2020. Retrieved January 24, 2020.
  63. ↑ Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p. 247 c. 2001 by Eugene Michael Vazzana
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