Alice Russon | |
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| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
Alice Russon was an Irish actress, singer, and dancer in musical comedies and in silent films.
Alice Russon | |
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| Born | Dublin, Ireland |
| Nationality | Irish |
| Occupation | Actress |
Alice Russon was an Irish actress, singer, and dancer in musical comedies and in silent films.
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]
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]
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