Lillian Booth Actors Home

The Lillian Booth Actors Home of The Actors Fund is an assisted living facility in Englewood, New Jersey operated by the Actors Fund.[1][2] The facility was the subject of the 2000 film Curtain Call. The facility was established in 1928 at the former mansion of Hetty Green.[3][2]

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History

On May 8, 1902, the Actors Fund opened a home for retired entertainers on Staten Island in New York City. In 1928 New York City took the property using eminent domain to enlarge an adjacent city park. The residents were moved to the former mansion of Hetty Green in Englewood, New Jersey. The mansion was razed in 1959, and a modern facility was erected in 1961. In 1975 the facility was merged with the Percy Williams Home of Long Island. The facilities were expanded in 1988 with a 50-bed nursing home. In the same year the Edwin Forrest wing was created at the nursing home after a merger with the Edwin Forrest Home of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. In 1993, a wing was named in honor of Natalie Schafer, who left $1.5 million to the Actors Fund after her death.[2]

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References

  1. ^ "Forgotten Hollywood Actors Retire in Style". Fox News. May 23, 2002. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,50687,00.html. Retrieved 2011-03-22. "The Motion Picture and Television Fund Country House in California and the Actors Fund Homes in New Jersey are retirement communities that take care of little guys in the entertainment industry — supporting stars and extras who lived by the maxim that there are no small parts, only small actors." 
  2. ^ a b c "Lillian Booth Actors Home". http://www.actorsfund.org/services-and-programs/lillian-booth. Retrieved 2011-03-22. "The Lillian Booth Actors Home of The Actors Fund in Englewood, New Jersey is an assisted living and skilled nursing care facility, which provides a comfortable living environment on six acres of property for 124 entertainment professionals." 
  3. ^ Barbara Westergaard (2006), New Jersey, Rutgers University Press, p. 95 
  4. ^ Margalit Fox (October 4, 2010). "Dolores Wilson, Met Soprano, Dies at 82". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/10/05/arts/music/05wilson.html. Retrieved 2011-03-22. "Dolores Wilson, a Metropolitan Opera soprano of the 1950s who later sang in Broadway musicals, died on Sept. 28 in Englewood, N.J. She was 82 and lived in Englewood. A friend, Karin Farrell, confirmed the death, saying Ms. Wilson died of natural causes."