Shelley Hull

Shelley Hull
Billie Burke and Shelley Hull in The Land of Promise
Born	Shelley Vaughan Hull June 17, 1884 Louisville, Kentucky
Died	January 14, 1919 New York City, New York USA
Resting place	Newton Cemetery and Crematory, Newton Middlesex County Massachusetts
Other names	Shelley Hull
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1903-1919
Spouse(s)	Mary Josephine Sherwood (Josephine Hull) (married 1910)
Family	Howard Hull (brother) Henry Hull (brother)

Shelley Hull (June 17, 1884 - January 14, 1919) born Shelley Vaughan Hull was an American stage actor who appeared in two motion pictures. His Broadway popularity as a suave handsome leading man was continually on the rise until his early death at age 34 in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. He was married to actress Josephine Hull. Shelley was a particular favorite of the young Billie Burke and costarred with her in several plays. He had two brothers involved in the theater and films, Howard Hull who was married to Margaret Anglin and younger brother Henry Hull who became a well known actor on stage and in film.^[1][2]

Hull is buried in Newton, Massachusetts.^[3]

Broadway plays

• Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903)
• The Crossing (1906)
• The Bridge (1909)
• Electricity (1910)
• The Foolish Virgin (1910)
• Seven Sisters (1911) (with Laurette Taylor)
• Lady Patricia (1912) (with Mrs. Fiske)
• Chains (1912)
• The Amazons (1913) (with Billie Burke)
• The Land of Promise (1913) (with Billie Burke) (*filmed by Burke and Thomas Meighan in 1917 as The Land of Promise and again by Meighan in 1926 as The Canadian)
• Jerry (1914) (with Billie Burke)
• The Cinderella Man (1916)
• The Willow Tree (1917) (with Fay Bainter)
• The Lassoo (1917)
• Why Marry? (1917)
• Laurette Taylor in Scenes from Shakespeare (1918) (as Petruchio)
• Under Orders (1918)

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External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Shelley Hull.

• Shelley Hull at the Internet Broadway Database
• Shelley Hull on IMDb
• Portrait of Shelly Hull (New York Public Library, Billy Rose Collection)