Antoinette Perry

Movie Actress

Birthday June 27, 1888

Birth Sign Cancer

Birthplace Colorado

DEATH DATE Jun 28, 1946 (58)

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About

Actress who established the American Theatre Wing and starred in Divorce Me Dear and Ceiling Zero.

Before Fame

She appeared in the film Music Master alongside David Warfield.

Trivia

She helped inspire the Tony Awards, which at the time were called the Antoinette Perry Awards, in 1947.

Family Life

She had two children with her husband, Frank Frueauff, whom she married in 1909.

Associated With

She directed the Broadway play Harvey. James Stewart starred in the film version.