Willette Kershaw

Willette Kershaw
Willette Kershaw
	The Theatre Magazine, 1911
Born	Willette Kershaw; June 17, 1882; St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Died	May 4, 1960 (aged 77); Honolulu, Hawaii
Occupation	actress
Years active	1905–1928
Spouses	Albert Morrison; David Sturges;
Relatives	Elinor Kershaw (sister); Thomas H. Ince (brother-in-law)

Willette Kershaw (June 17, 1882 – May 4, 1960) was an American Broadway stage actress and later silent film actress. Her younger sister was actress Elinor Kershaw who later married Thomas Ince.^{[citation needed]}

The daughter of Harry Kershaw,^[2] she was born in St. Louis and graduated from Central High School and the Lindley School of Dramatic Art.^[3]

Kershaw's Broadway credits include Yes or No (1917), The Unchastened Woman (1915), A Pair of White Gloves (1913), The Switchboard (1913), Snobs (1911), The Country Boy (1910), The Heights (1910), and Robert Burns (1905).^[4]

Kershaw married actor Arthur Morrison, and the marriage ended in 1909.^[2] In 1923, Kershaw married David Sturgis in New Rochelle, New York.^[5]

Filmography

Men (1918)
Cecilia of the Pink Roses (1918)
The Sporting Life (1918)
The Vortex (1928)

References

^ Internet Broadway Database: Willette Kershaw
^ ^a ^b "Kerchoo! and the Front Pages Shouted Kershaw!". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. p. 108. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "St. Louis actress wins laurels as brightest star of season". The St. Louis Star and Times. Missouri, St. Louis. January 23, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
^ "Willette Kershaw". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.
^ "Willette Kershaw Is at Palm Beach on Honeymoon". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. March 20, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Willette Kershaw at IMDb
Willette Kershaw at the Internet Broadway Database
Willette Kershaw portrait NY Public Library
Willete Kershaw image from the one-act play Any Night, which also starred Harrison Ford
Willette Kershaw pose in the 1920s National Portrait Gallery UK
portrait gallery (Univ of Washington, Sayre collection)

[1] Internet Broadway Database: Willette Kershaw

[:0-2] "Kerchoo! and the Front Pages Shouted Kershaw!". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Pennsylvania, Philadelphia. p. 108. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[3] "St. Louis actress wins laurels as brightest star of season". The St. Louis Star and Times. Missouri, St. Louis. January 23, 1919. p. 13. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

[4] "Willette Kershaw". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved January 22, 2020.

[5] "Willette Kershaw Is at Palm Beach on Honeymoon". Chicago Tribune. Illinois, Chicago. March 20, 1923. p. 1. Retrieved January 22, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

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