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Pauline Chase is a Actor American born on 20 may 1885 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Pauline Chase (May 20, 1885 – March 15, 1962) was an American actress who performed on the stage in both the United States and the United Kingdom. She is known for her extended run in the title role of British productions of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up.
She began acting at the age of 15. She played one of the Lost Boys in the debut of Peter Pan in London in 1904. She was later selected by producer Charles Frohman and playwright J. M. Barrie for the title role, which she played from 1906–1913.
She retired from the stage after the Christmas run of Peter Pan ended in 1913 to marry banker Captain Alexander Victor Drummond. They had three children.
She came out of retirement in 1916 for her only screen appearance in The Real Thing at Last, a satirical film scripted by Barrie and shown at a benefit for the YMCA, attended by members of the British royal family.
She was said to have had an affair with explorer Robert Falcon Scott before he was married.
She died in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England in 1962.
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Pauline Chase
Birth name Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss
Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1885 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 15 march 1962 (at 76 years)
Nationality USA
Birth 20 may 1885 at Washington, D.C. (USA)
Death 15 march 1962 (at 76 years)
Biography
She was born Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss in Washington, D.C. on May 20, 1885. She was schooled at the Convent of the Sisters of the Holy Cross in New York.She began acting at the age of 15. She played one of the Lost Boys in the debut of Peter Pan in London in 1904. She was later selected by producer Charles Frohman and playwright J. M. Barrie for the title role, which she played from 1906–1913.
She retired from the stage after the Christmas run of Peter Pan ended in 1913 to marry banker Captain Alexander Victor Drummond. They had three children.
She came out of retirement in 1916 for her only screen appearance in The Real Thing at Last, a satirical film scripted by Barrie and shown at a benefit for the YMCA, attended by members of the British royal family.
She was said to have had an affair with explorer Robert Falcon Scott before he was married.
She died in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England in 1962.
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The Real Thing at Last (1916)
, 30minutesOrigin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Edmund Gwenn, Godfrey Tearle, Owen Nares, Ernest Thesiger, Gladys Cooper, Pauline Chase
Roles American Witch
American film producer Rupert K. Thunder (Edmund Gwenn) hosted the film live. The movie loosely follows the plot of the play, with comically melodramatic embellishments.