Lizzie Conway (April 10, 1846 – May 4, 1916) was an American stage and film actor.

Lizzie Conway
BornApril 10, 1846 Edit this on Wikidata
Philadelphia Edit this on Wikidata
DiedMay 4, 1916 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 70)
Milwaukee Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationActor Edit this on Wikidata
Spouse(s)George W. Conway Edit this on Wikidata
ChildrenIsabel Conway, Bertie Conway Edit this on Wikidata

She was born Lizzie Letford on April 10, 1846 in Philadelphia.[1][2][3] Her professional debut was alongside Edwin Forrest in Henry VIII at the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1865.[3][4][2] In her fifty year stage career, her many roles included Bridget in Clyde Fitch's Lover's Lane (1901) at the Manhattan Theatre,[5] Mrs. Michael Cochran in Sydney Rosenfeld's The Aero Club (1907) at the Criterion Theatre,[6] and in Earl W. Mayo's Cape Cod Folks (1906) at the Academy of Music.[7]

She starred in a number of short films from Edison Studios and played the grandmother of Beulah Poynter in Lena Rivers (1914).[8]

She was married to theatrical manager George W. Conway for over fifty years.[3] They had two daughters, actresses Isabel Conway and Bertie Conway.[9]

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  1. ^ Buffalo Courier Express Sun, Apr 04, 1886 ·Page 7
  2. ^ a b Times Union Fri, May 05, 1916 ·Page 6
  3. ^ a b c "CONWAYS' GOLDEN WEDDING; Theatrical Manager and Actress Celebrate Fifty Years' Union". The New York Times. 1914-06-27. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-08-14.
  4. ^ Variety 1916-05-12: Vol 42 Iss 11. Internet Archive. 1916-05-12.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
  5. ^ Fitch, Clyde (1915). Lovers' lane; a play in four acts. The Library of Congress. Boston, Little, Brown, and company.
  6. ^ Our Players' Gallery. Theatre Magazine Company. 1907.
  7. ^ Mantle, Burns; Chapman, John Arthur; Sherwood, Garrison P. (1944). Burns Mantle Best Plays and the Year Book of the Drama in America. Dodd, Mead.
  8. ^ a b Ragan, David; Ragan, David Who's who in Hollywood (1992). Who's who in Hollywood : the largest cast of international film personalities ever assembled. Internet Archive. New York : Facts on File. ISBN 978-0-8160-2011-9.
  9. ^ Michael Kaplan (1988-03-01). Variety Obituaries, 1939SH47. Internet Archive. Routledge. ISBN 978-0-8240-0837-6.
  10. ^ a b c Spehr, Paul C. (1996). American film personnel and company credits, 1908-1920 : filmographies reordered by authoritative organizational and personal names from Lauritzen and Lundquist's American film-index. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-0255-7.
  11. ^ a b c d Braff, Richard E. (2002). The Braff silent short film working papers : over 25,000 films, 1903-1929, alphabetized and indexed. Internet Archive. Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland & Co. ISBN 978-0-7864-1031-6.