Carrie Bowman

Carrie Bowman
Carrie Bowman in 1908 when she was appearing in George M. Cohan's The American Idea
Born	Caroline Bohrmann (1887-01-14)January 14, 1887 Atlanta, Georgia
Died	November 22, 1971(1971-11-22) (aged 84) Westhampton Beach, New York
Occupation	Actress
Spouse	Thomas Harold Forbes

Carrie Bowman (née Caroline Bohrmann; 14 January 1887 – 14 November 1971) was an American Broadway stage actress, active from 1901 to 1911.[1]

Career

Bowman was born to Leopold "Lee" Bohrmann (1853–1925) and Bertha Moses (maiden; (1866–1918) and was a granddaughter of the famed Jewish cantor (hazzan) and rabbi Marx Moses (1832–1913), originally of Essingen, Germany, who ministered to the early Reform Jewish communities in America.

Family

While on post-Broadway tour performing Wilbur D. Nesbit (book), Hoschna (music), and Harbach's (lyrics) musical, The Girl of My Dreams, Bowman – on April 7, 1912, in Huntington, West Virginia – married her vaudeville partner, Thomas Harold Forbes (1885–1953) of the New Rochelle, New York, printing family.[2] They retired from the stage, moved to New Rochelle, New York, and Forbes went into the family publishing business, building a chain of suburban newspapers, starting with the New Rochelle Standard-Star. They had five children. Thomas Harold Forbes died in 1953,[3][4] and Carrie relocated to Westhampton Beach, New York, where she died in 1971.[5] One of their grandsons, Michael Patrick Forbes (born 1952), went on to become a U.S. Congressman from New York, Michael Patrick Forbes.

References

1. Carrie Bowman at the Internet Broadway Database
2. "Bowman–Forbes". Variety. 26 (6): 6 (column 2). April 13, 1912. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Internet Archive.
3. Brooklyn Eagle (March 5, 1953). "T. Harold Forbes, 67, Published L.I., Westchester Newspapers". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Vol. 112, no. 63 (Late News ed.). p. 13 – via Newspapers.com.
4. "T. Harold Forbes, Group Founder, Dies". Editor & Publisher. 86 (11): 60. March 7, 1953 – via Internet Archive.
5. Newsday (November 23, 1971). "Caroline B. Forbes" (Nassau & Suffolk eds.). Vol. 32, no. 69. p. 33. Retrieved October 21, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.