| LC control no. | n 50061706 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS2719.R4 |
| Personal name heading | Robins, Elizabeth, 1862-1952 |
| Variant(s) | Raimond, C. E., 1862-1952 Parks, George Richmond, Mrs., 1862-1952 Parks, Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952 Parkes, Elizabeth Robins, 1862-1952 |
| Associated country | United States England |
| Located | London (England) |
| Birth date | 1862-08-06 |
| Death date | 1952-05-08 |
| Place of birth | Louisville (Ky.) |
| Place of death | Brighton (England) |
| Field of activity | Acting Fiction Drama Suffrage Feminism |
| Affiliation | Booth Theatre (New York, N.Y.) Boston Museum Company |
| Profession or occupation | Actresses Novelists Dramatists Suffragists |
| Found in | Northwestern University finding aid, Elizabeth Robins Papers, Oct. 10, 2018 (Elizabeth Robins was born on August 6, 1862 in Louisville, Kentucky; she sought work as an actress and became successful. She married actor George Parks in 1885; after his death in 1887 she toured with Edwin Booth's theater company and then moved to London where she lived the rest of her life except during visits to family in the United States; turned to writing novels under the name C. E. Raimond. She died in Brighton, England on May 8, 1952) Wikipedia, viewed Sept. 6, 2024: Elizabeth Robins (Elizabeth Robins (August 6, 1862 - May 8, 1952) was an actress, playwright, novelist, and suffragette. She also wrote as C. E. Raimond. Elizabeth Robins, the first child of Charles Robins and Hannah Crow, was born in Louisville, Kentucky. After arriving in New York, Robins soon met James O'Neill, who helped her join Edwin Booth's theatre and by 1882, she was touring. in 1883 joined the Boston Museum stock company. It would be here that she met her future husband, George Parks, who was also a member of the company. On September 3, 1888, Robins moved to London. Except for extended visits to the U.S. to visit family, she remained in England for the rest of her life. In 1902, Robins played Lucrezia in Stephen Phillips's Paolo and Francesca at the St. James's Theatre, London. Ending her acting career at the age of forty, Robins had made her mark on the English stage as not only an actress but an actress-manager. While Robins was busy being a successful actress, she had to leave England to look for her brother in Alaska, who had gone missing. Her experiences searching for her brother led her to write her novels, Magnetic North (written in 1904) and Come and Find Me (1908). Before this, she had written novels such as George Mandeville's Husband (1894), The New Moon (1895), Below the Salt and Other Stories (1896) and several others under the name of C. E. Raimond. Robins became a member of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies, as well as the Women's Social and Political Union, although she broke with the WSPU over its increasing use of violent militancy.) <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Robins> |
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