Virginia Tracy

Virginia Tracy
Virginia Tracy, from a 1915 publication.
Born1874
New York City, U.S.
DiedMarch 4, 1946
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Actress, writer
Years active1890s–1930s
Parent(s)John McCullough
Helen Tracy (mother)[1][2]

Virginia Tracy (1874–March 4, 1946)[3] was an American adventurer, stage actress, novelist and screenwriter. In the newspaper world she wrote primarily for the New York Tribune.[4]

Biography

She was the daughter of Victorian actress Helen Tracy (1850–1924).[5] and Shakespearean actor John McCullough.[6][7]

At 20, in 1894, she wrote one of her first professional reports after accompanying a caravan of actors led by Maurice Barrymore traveling cross country on train.[8] In the 1920s she wrote several large scale epics for the Fox Film Corporation.

Tracy's Broadway credits as an actress included Escape This Night (1938), Sweet Mystery of Life (1935), Post Road (1934), Jigsaw (1934), And Be My Love, (1934), Lone Valley (1933), Bulls, Bears and Asses (1932), Wild Waves (1932), and Up York State (1901).[5]

On March 4, 1946, Tracy died in New York City.[5] She apparently had never married.[citation needed]

Works

  • Merely Players: The Stories of Stage Life (1909)[9]
  • Persons Unknown (1914)[10]
  • Starring Dulcy Jayne (1927)[11]
  • Moment After (1930)
  • The Personal Appearance of a Lioness (1937)

Filmography

References

  1. ^ portrait of Helen Tracy; ..Old Judge Cigarettes(Wayback Machine)
  2. ^ Helen Tracy; portrait, CabinetCard
  3. ^ Silent Film Necrology, p.526 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
  4. ^ New York Tribune; Sunday May 23, 1920; Shakespeare Would Have Written Scenarios, Says Sothern
  5. ^ a b c "Virginia Tracy". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 8 August 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  6. ^ "Writes Bright Stories". American Musician. VI (2): 4. February 1902. Retrieved 8 August 2019.
  7. ^ see..Helen Tracy;CabinetCard
  8. ^ Great Times, Good Times: The Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore by James Kotsilibas Davis c.1977
  9. ^ Merely Players: Stories of Stage Life c.1909 by Virginia Tracy
  10. ^ Person's Unknown by Virginia Tracy c.1914; GoogleBooks.com
  11. ^ Starring Dulcy Jayne by Virginia Tracy; book cover sleeve c.1927


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