Maude on Broadway
Internet Broadway Database: Maude Fealy Credits on Broadway
- Maude Fealy
Female
Performer
- Productions:
- Divorce [Original, Play, Drama]
Performer: Maude Fealy
Nov 29, 1909 – Dec 1909
- That Man and I [Original, Play, Drama]
Performer: Maude Fealy [Felicity]
Jan 25, 1904 – Feb 1904
- Hearts Courageous [Original, Play, Drama]
Performer: Maude Fealy [Anne Tillotson]
Oct 5, 1903 – Oct 1903
- The Cardinal [Original, Play, Drama]
Performer: Maude Fealy
Dec 2, 1902 – [unknown]
- Quo Vadis [Original, Play]
Performer: Maude Fealy [Eunice]
Apr 9, 1900 – Jul 1900
Maude Fealy – Biography – Filmography – Movies – New York Times
Maude Fealy – Biography – Filmography – Movies – New York Times
From All Movie Guide: The daughter of veteran actress/teacher Margaret Fealy, American silent screen actress Maude Fealy (née Hawk) was at one point (1913-1914) positioned as a strong competitor to Mary Pickford. Highly publicized by the Thanhouser Company of New Rochelle, NY, the dark-haired, angelic Fealy fell short of the expectations in the end, however. Although some of her films — Moths (1913), The Runaway Princess (1914), Frou-Frou (1914) — were popular enough, audiences simply failed to warm up to the actress’ glacial beauty*. Fealy and her husband James Durkin left Thanhouser in late 1914, and although she starred for other companies, often in her own screenplays, she was always more appreciated on the legitimate stage.
*Ed. note: What a bummer.
Thanhouser Theater Bio: The Marriages
The Marriages: In 1901 the story made the rounds that Maude Fealy was engaged to be married in William Gillette, with whom she was acting on the English stage, and the story was printed in so many papers that her mother cabled denials to leading press agencies in the United States and England. The union never took place.
On July 15, 1907 Maude Fealy was secretly married to Lewis Hugo Sherwin, a young Englishman who was dramatic critic for the Denver Republican. The couple, fearful of what Maude’s mother might say if she learned of the situation, lived apart for the first two weeks. Then, for a brief time, the newlyweds were together at her parents’ home at 826 East Colfax Street in Denver. Maude’s mother did not approve of the match, and referred to her new son-in-law as a “nobody.” She did her best to split the couple apart. Her stepfather, Rafaello Cavallo, likewise viewed the union with disfavor and was quoted as saying that Sherwin did not earn enough money to keep Miss Fealy provided with gloves, or, for that matter, to buy his own cigars and pay his laundry bills.
Not surprisingly, a rift developed between Maude and her husband when her mother, stating that Maude was not ready for such a marriage, forced her husband to agree to live separately for a year, after which he moved to the East. Miss Fealy subsequently filed for divorce, giving desertion and non-support as the reason. The decree was granted on Saturday, September 25, 1909.
In Washington, D.C., on November 28, 1909 (one account says October 31, 1909), Maude Fealy married an actor who played juvenile leads with Keith’s stock company, James Peter Durkin. Her new mate apparently won his mother-in-law’s approval, for an article datelined St. Paul, Minnesota, December 15, 1909, and printed in The Kansas City Post, quoted him as saying: “I can assure you that the marriage took place with the entire approval of Maude’s mother. We would never have been married without her sanction. We were married in Washington, we don’t care to say where, when, or by whom. Marriage is too sacred to be talked about publicly.”
Using Maude’s financial resources, the couple later formed the Fealy-Durkin stock company, which performed plays in Denver and elsewhere. Sacred or otherwise, the Fealy-Durkin marriage ended in divorce in Denver on June 18, 1917. Subsequently, Maude Fealy made a third and final trip to the altar, to wed James E. Cort. The marriage ended in an annulment in 1923. She never married again.
Collage of a Few Maude Pictures
Yes, they are manipulated photos, but I have such fun doing it. This includes my favorite photos of Maude, although picking just a few photos as favorites is HARD!
Maude Fealy, Thanhouser Career Synopsis and Bio, Part One
Thanhouser Career Synopsis: A well-known stage actress,
Maude Fealy appeared in Thanhouser films intermittently in 1911 and 1912 and with fewer
interruptions in 1913 and 1914. She received extensive publicity during her 1913-1914
tenure and was featured in advertising more than any other Thanhouser player. Month after
month, advertisements featuring such multiple-reel films as Moths were run in Reel
Life, The New York Dramatic Mirror, and elsewhere.Biographical Notes: Maude Fealy was born Maude Hawk
in Memphis, Tennessee on March 3, 1881 (one account says March 4, 1883), the daughter of
Margaret Fealy (1866-1955), a stage and film actress who conducted an acting school at the
time, and who later was in charge of the Tabor School of Acting in Denver, Colorado. At
one time, Maude’s mother was married to orchestra leader Rafaello Cavallo, who became Miss
Fealy’s stepfather.
Stage Appearances: At the age of three Maude made her first
appearance on the stage, taking the part of an angel in an adaptation of Faust and
Marguerite, in which her mother played Marguerite. When she was five years old, she
took the part of little Willie in the great melodrama, East Lynne, and was also
seen in the role of Meenie in Rip Van Winkle.
In 1906 she signed a five-year contract with John Cort,
under whom her first appearance was in The Illusion of Beatrice, a comedy by Martha
Morton. In 1907 Maude Fealy began the season in the role of Ernestine in The Truth
Tellers, another play by Martha Morton, and ended it co-starring with William Collier
in On the Quiet. By this time she was well known as an actress and was featured on
magazine covers and other publicity. In 1907 and 1908 she was seen the leading role in The
Stronger Sex, a play by John Valentine, which toured Western America and Canada.
Another play, The Right Princess, staged by Maude Fealy and her husband, drew many
enthusiastic reviews during the 1911-1912 season
Ed. Note
This is a beautiful photo of Maude and in one of her typical face forward poses. As lovely as he is, she did not have the most desirable profile
News from Andy’s postcard site.
Andy has posted a few pictures of an older Maude in three movies! Check it out at The Maude Fealy Postcard Gallery.
