Blanche Massey

Blanche Massey
Born 1878?
Died 1929
Occupation Actress
Spouse(s) George F. Tully
Parent(s) Rose Massey
Massey (at center) in The Geisha (1896)

Blanche Massey (c. 1878? – 1929) was a Gaiety Girl and actress best known for her stage appearances in London and the United States in the 1890s. Among her appearances in many productions with the George Edwardes company, especially Edwardian musical comedies, she was perhaps most remembered for A Gaiety Girl. She appeared in both the 1893 West End production of that musical and also the 1894 Broadway production, playing Alma Somerset, the title role, in the latter.[1]

She also appeared in other plays including A Run of Luck (1888), Ruy Blas and the Blasé Roué (1889) (incorrectly listed as Blanche Massie),[2] Carmen up to Data (1890),[3] Cinder Ellen up too Late (1891), The Geisha (1896),[4] My Friend the Prince (1897), and Lady Madcap (1904).[5][6][7][8][9]

Of A Gaiety Girl, the New York Times wrote after its Broadway debut in September 1894 that "Blanche Massey is only to be looked at, and few persons will ever tire of looking at her."[10]

Massey was the daughter of Rose Massey, a well-known actress in her time, who died of consumption in 1883.[11] Blanche Massey married actor George F. Tully (1876–1930), who was also an actor and appeared in a few silent films in the 1910s.[12][13][14]

She died at age 51.

References

  1. ↑ (19 September 1894). A Gaiety Girl Is Here, The New York Times
  2. ↑ Vinent, W.T. Recollections of Fred Leslie, Volume 2, p. 100 (1894)
  3. ↑ Carmen Up To Data Photo (1890), Retrieved August 4, 2011
  4. ↑ Platt, Len. Joyce, race and Finnegans wake, p. 134 (2007)
  5. ↑ The Play Pictorial, Vol. V (1905)
  6. ↑ Musical comedy in America, p. 66 (1991 ed.) (orig 1950)
  7. ↑ Photograph, The Photographic Times, p. 29 (January 1896)
  8. ↑ Photograph, Munsey's Magazine (August 1896)
  9. ↑ Photograph, Munsey's Magazine (November 1895)
  10. ↑ (23 September 1894). The Week At The Theatres, The New York Times
  11. ↑ (7 October 1894). Personal and Other Jottings, The Morning Call
  12. ↑ Who's who in the theatre, p. 1030 (1930)
  13. ↑ Theatrical costume, masks, make-up and wigs: a bibliography and iconography, p. 488
  14. ↑ George Tully Entry, Internet Movie Database, Retrieved August 4, 2011