Amy Ricard
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Amy Ricard | |
|---|---|
 Richard in 1908 | |
| Born | January 1, 1882 Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Died | August 17, 1937 (aged 55) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1900–1910 |
| Spouse |
Lester Lonergan
(m. 1909; died 1931) |
Amy Ricard (January 1, 1882 — August 17, 1937) was an American actress and suffragist.
Amy Ricard was born in Boston, Massachusetts and raised in Denver, Colorado.[1] Her mother was Emma A. Ricard.[2] She studied acting at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[3] She also trained as a soprano singer, with Horton Kennedy.[4]
Career
Ricard appeared in Broadway in The Pride of Jennico (1900), Janice Meredith (1900–1901), The Stubbornness of Geraldine by Clyde Fitch (1902),[5] Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert (1903–1904),[6][7] The College Widow (1904–1905),[8] Mary and John (1905), Matilda (1906–1907), The Literary Sense (1908), The Reckoning (1908),[9] [full citation needed] Girls by Clyde Fitch (1908 and 1909), The Torches (1917),[10] The Woman on the Index (1918), and Those Who Walk in Darkness (1919).[11][full citation needed] On the Boston stage, with her husband Lester Lonergan, she starred in An Idyl of Erin (1910).[12]
Dorothy Parker wrote of The Woman on the Index in Vanity Fair, saying "The thing was so well done. You know yourself that with a cast including Julia Dean, Amy Ricard, and Lester Lonergan, you can't really have such a terrible evening."[13]
Amy Ricard made her political views in favor of women's suffrage public, wearing a "Votes for Women" pin and speaking at suffrage events in New York City.[14]
