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English comedian, and up to within two years ago they shared their successes. Miss Atherton returned here in 1897, after an absence of several years in England, to make another reputation for herself. The tights which had made her so well known were discarded for skirts. Her laughing song is almost famous, and earned for her the sobriquet of âLaughing Alice.â Miss Atherton was a happy combination of good looks and talent, a signer of pleasing method, a dancer of skill and originality, a good mimic, and a perfectly trained player. Her daughter, May Atherton, greatly resembles her, and is already a great favorite on the London burlesque stage. Her sister, Mrs. John A. Mackay, wife of the comedian, better known by her stage name, Venie Bennett, was devoted to Miss Atherton, and is prostrated by her sisterâs death. She said she almost feared to cable the news to Miss Athertonâs husband in London. The funeral will take place on Tuesday from the Little Church Around the Cornerâ.
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tomorrow. Early this morning, however, a sudden change for the worse occurred. She sank rapidly and died at 7:30 oâclock. Miss
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New York, Feb 4 - Alice
Atherton, the actress, died today from pleuropneumonia in her apartments in the Hotel Audubon, 1416 Broadway. Although Miss Atherton had been ill for three weeks her death was a shock to her friends, as her condition on Friday was so favorable the she expected to leave her bed
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Was an actress of merit, best known for her laughing song. Made her first decided hit as the squaw in the burlesque of "Hiawatha" - Was born in St. Louis in 1860 - Married when only 16 years old to Willie Edouin, the
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The death from pneumonia of Miss Alice
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Atherton had two daughters May and Daisy, and both took to the stage, and in honor of their mother they adopted the stage names of May
Atherton (b. February 18, 1875) and Daisy Atherton (b. September 30, 1876). Both were born in London, England. Daisy starred in
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Atherton was enrolled as one of her girls in "Ixion". This was
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Atherton had a gift for impersonation from a young age. Her career began as a child actress, carried on as a baby in "The Sea of Ice", at the Robinsonâs Opera House in her home city,
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to the United States in August 1868, to great acclaim and notoriety.
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William Frederick Bryer (1846-1908), who went by the stage name of
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897:"Daisy Atherton, daughter of Alice Atherton - Broadway performer"
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576:"Stereo World: Profiles from the oblivion: The Atherton Mystery"
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953:"The Late Alice Atherton, Centre Spot, Vol.50, February 11"
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In 1885 she took to the stage at the Prince's Theatre in
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In 1894 she starred as Jane in Jaunty Jane Shore at the
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831:"Atherton alongside Harriett Vernon in The Japs, 1885"
750:"Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York: Alice Atherton"
708:"Portrait of Willie Edouin, husband of Alice Atherton"
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764:"Museum of London Prints - Alice Atherton"
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736:"US Archive records of Alice Atherton #2"
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322:Alice Atherton in My Ann Elizer in 1898
173:Alice Atherton in Forty Thieves in 1869
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635:"Stage Photograph of Alice Atherton"
621:"Stage Photograph of Alice Atherton"
285:by Harry Paulton and Mostyn Teddea.
86:(c. 1854 â February 4, 1899), was a
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460:- Americaâs first Burlesque Queen
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314:Alice Atherton on stage in 1898
279:The Japs; or, The Doomed Daimio
237:Alice Atherton - MET Collection
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221:Alice Atherton MET Collection
106:Born Alice Atherton Hogan in
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182:Atherton meets Willie Edouin
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77:Actress, singer and dancer
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447:National Portrait Gallery
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