19TH CENTURY MUSICAL ACTRESS PAULINE HALL MAGNIFICENT 1880 CABINET PHOTO

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19TH CENTURY MUSICAL ACTRESS PAULINE HALL MAGNIFICENT 1880 CABINET PHOTO :
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A magnificent original Dana cabinet photo circa 1880 of the great 19th century actress and musical star Pauline Hall. An extraordinarily beautiful pose. Light wear otherwise good. See biography below.

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From Wikipedia:

Pauline Hall(February 26, 1860 – December 29, 1919), born Pauline Fredrika Schmidgall,[1]was a stage actress and singer.

Biography

One of the most popular turn-of-the-century prima donnas in America,[2]Hall left school at the age of 14[3]and began her career as a dancer in her nativeCincinnati, Ohioin 1875. Shortly thereafter, Hall joined the Alice Oates Opera Company, leaving it to spend time touring in straight plays withMary Anderson. By 1880 she was working forEdward E. Rice, who cast her in several of his musical productions, giving her, among others, the trouser role of the hero Gabriel in a revival that year ofEvangeline.[2]

Hall continued to be a favorite in comic and light operas around the country until 1890. However, her greatest success came when she played the title role in the first American production of Erminie(1886-1888). She performedErminiea record-breaking 800 times while on Broadway and touring around the United States, which made her a household name.[1][4]Hall toured with her own companies from 1890-1896, and later enteredvaudeville, reportedly earning as much as $600 a week by 1898.[4]In all, she played in over two dozen Broadwayoperettas.[2]She appeared in revivals ofRobin HoodandThe Geishain 1912 and 1913[5]and inZiegfeldproductions near the end of her career.

Although popular as an actress and singer, Hall was never given good notices by reviewers, who thought she was mediocre. She had an alluring figure, however, and she maintained it until her death in 1919 while playing inDavid Belasco\'sThe Gold Diggers.[4]

Hall was married to Edward White from 1881-1889.[1]She was then married to theatrical manager George B. McLellan (brother of playwrightC. M. S. McLellan), from 1894-1902; she had a daughter by him in 1895.[6]Hall died ofbronchial pneumonia, at the age of 59, inYonkers, New York.