Annie Pixley (née Annie Shea, c.1848[1] – November 8, 1893) was an American stage actress.
Pixley was born in Brooklyn, and moved with her family to San Francisco.[2] After her father died, her mother married a California rancher, and Annie took his last name, Pixley.[3]
She made her debut performing comic opera and was well known for her work on stage.[1] She went to Australia in 1876 and performed in comic opera there. Pixley's work in the United States included portraying the widow in The Danites and Gretchen in Rip Van Winkle.[2] On Broadway, Pixley produced, and portrayed Ruth Homewebb, in The Deacon's Daughter (1887).[4]
Pixley was married to Robert Fulford.[2] Their 12-year-old son, Tommy, died in 1886, after which Pixley "lost her ebullience and her nimble grace".[5]
She died November 8, 1893, of brain fever in London, England while visiting family. Her ashes and those of her husband and son are in a mausoleum in the Woodland cemetery in London, Ontario, Canada.[5]
References
- 1 2 "Annie Pixley Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. November 10, 1893. Retrieved August 9, 2011.
- 1 2 3 "Annie Pixley Dead". Independence Daily Reporter. Kansas, Independence. November 11, 1893. p. 1. Retrieved April 3, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Hall, Roger A. (16 August 2001). Performing the American Frontier, 1870-1906. Cambridge University Press. p. 115. ISBN 978-0-521-79320-9. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- ↑ "Annie Pixley". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on April 3, 2021. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
- 1 2 Baker, Michael; Neary, Hilary Bates (7 November 2005). 100 Fascinating Londoners. James Lorimer & Company. p. 27. ISBN 978-1-55028-882-7. Retrieved April 3, 2021.
External links
- Annie Pixley at the Internet Broadway Database
- Annie Pixley; North American Theatre Online(AlexanderStreet.com)
- portraits: one,..two, ..three(North American Theatre Online)
- Annie Pixley wonderful girlish portrait of Annie Pixley by B. F. Falk(archived)