Beth Franklyn
American actress
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Beth Franklyn (1870s – March 5, 1956) was an American actress.
Beth Franklyn | |
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Beth Franklyn, from an 1897 publication. | |
| Born | 1873 or 1875 San Francisco, California |
| Died | March 5, 1956 Baltimore, Maryland |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1890s-1930s |
Early life
Franklyn was born in San Francisco in 1873 or 1875 (sources vary), the daughter of William Payne Barnes and Margaret Barnes.[1][2]
Career
By 1901,[3] Franklyn had joined the Albaugh Palace Theatre Company in Baltimore,[4][5] and was John Albaugh's leading lady for several years.[6][7] She was a member of Amelia Bingham's company in 1908.[8]
Franklyn's Broadway credits included roles in Shameen Dhu (1914),[9] The Revolt (1915),[10] Some Baby! (1915),[11] The Blue Envelope (1916),[12] The Love Drive (1917),[13] Pot Luck (1921), The New Poor (1924),[14][15] and A Slight Case of Murder (1935). Other stage appearances included roles in Chimmie Fadden (1896),[16] Sowing the Wind (1901),[3] Her Trial Marriage (1907), Alias Jimmy Valentine (1912),[17] The Blue Mouse (1912),[18] Nobody's Widow (1915),[19] The Girl of the Golden West (1915),[20][21] Oh Look! (1919) with the Dolly Sisters and Harry Fox,[6] Clarence (1921),[22] The Cat and the Canary (1922) with Florence Eldridge and Henry Hull,[23][24] and Butter and Egg Man (1927).[25] She was known for playing Irish characters.[26]
Franklyn appeared in a silent film, Nothing but the Truth (1920). She also directed school theatrical productions in Baltimore.[6] She favored the tango ("Let everybody dance the tango, if he or she sees fit to do it properly, and living with be better"), and women's suffrage, "but I do not believe in militancy. I think it is just horrid for women to fight," she commented in 1914.[27]
