Alice Russon

Alice Russon
Born
Dublin, Ireland
NationalityIrish
OccupationActress

Alice Russon was an Irish actress, singer, and dancer in musical comedies and in silent films.

Early life

Alice Russon was born in Dublin.[1]

Career

On stage, Russon appeared in The Girl from Kay's (1904),[2] Cinderella (1907), The Belle of Mayfair (1907),[3] Mr. George (1907),[4] Little Red Riding Hood (1908),[5] The Arcadians (1911),[6] Ready Money (1912-1913),[7] Something Simple (1916), and Anthony in Wonderland (1917). She was on a variety show bill with Will Rogers headlining, at the Palace Theatre in Oklahoma in 1906.[8] In 1912 and 1913, she was in Australia,[9] where she starred in a pantomime show, Puss in Boots, in Melbourne.[10] A reviewer in Atlanta, Georgia in 1910 described her as "one of the daintiest and most winsome little women who ever trod the land that lies beyond the footlights in Atlanta."[11]

In 1911, while working in San Francisco, California, she submitted a proposal for a "theatorium" at the Panama–Pacific International Exposition to be held in that city in 1915.[12]

British silent films featuring Alice Russon include All Men Are Liars (1919), After Many Days (1918) and Democracy (1918).[13]

Personal life

She married a fellow actor, Vernon Davidson. They had at least one child by 1913.[14][15] She owned a camera and enjoyed taking photos when she was travelling for work.[16]

References

  1. ^ "Miss Russon of 'The Arcadians' is an O'Connor of Dublin" San Francisco Chronicle (19 February 1911): 23. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  2. ^ "Prince's Theatre: The Girl from Kay's" The Guardian (22 November 1904): 6. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  3. ^ "Gaiety Theatre" The Guardian (19 February 1907): 9. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  4. ^ "Mr. George, a Comedy by Louis N. Parker, at the Vaudeville Theatre" Illustrated Sporting and Dramatic News (18 May 1907): 452.
  5. ^ "Little Red Riding Hood" The Observer (27 December 1908): 7. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  6. ^ Edward F. O'Day, "In Arcady and Elsewhere" San Francisco Daily Times (19 February 1911): 18.
  7. ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1910-1919: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (Scarecrow Press 2013). ISBN 9780810893009
  8. ^ Richard Irving Dodge and Will Rogers, The Indian Territory Journals of Colonel Richard Irving Dodge (University of Oklahoma Press 2000): 297 note 1. ISBN 9780806132679
  9. ^ Dria, "A Chat with Miss Alice Russon (Principal Girl)" Critic (3 September 1913): 17. via TroveOpen access icon
  10. ^ C. R. B., "Greenroom Gossip" Punch (12 December 1912): 42. via TroveOpen access icon
  11. ^ "Arcadian Music Draws Big Crowds to Orpheum" Atlanta Constitution (27 December 1910): 2.
  12. ^ "Stage Topics" Des Moines Register (16 April 1911): 22. via Newspapers.comOpen access icon
  13. ^ Denis Gifford, ed., British Film Catalogue: Two Volume Set - The Fiction Film/The Non-Fiction Film (Routledge 2016). ISBN 9781317740629
  14. ^ "Miss Alice Russon" Barrier Miner (8 September 1913): 8. via TroveOpen access icon
  15. ^ "Fact and Rumour" Punch (13 February 1913): 26. via TroveOpen access icon
  16. ^ "Alice with her Camera" The Sun (16 March 1913): 15. via TroveOpen access icon