Edna Munsey
American stage actress (1891–1951)
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Edna Munsey Dillon (June 8, 1891 – August 11, 1951) was an American stage actress.
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| Born | June 8, 1891 |
| Died | August 11, 1951 (aged 60) New York, New York |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1910s |
| Spouse |
Thomas J. Dillon (m. 1928) |
Early life
Edna Munsey was from Duluth, Minnesota, the daughter of English-born parents.[1] She trained as a pianist,[2] and graduated from the National Park Seminary in Washington, D.C.[3][4]
Career
Munsey was an actress and singer in several musicals and comedies,[5] including The Gingerbread Man (1915), The Little Cafe (1915), The Only Girl (1915–1916) by Victor Herbert,[2] and Rock-a-Bye Baby (1918) with music by Jerome Kern.[6][7] She was also seen on the vaudeville stage[8] in the United States and Canada.[1][9] She appeared in one silent film, Patsy (1917), starring June Caprice.[10] Of her soprano singing voice, a Chicago critic hailed her sweet tone but criticized her enunciation: "You can't tell whether Edna is singing in French, Latin or Greek," he complained, adding "but who cared, not on a sweltering, accursed day like yesterday, anyhow."[11]
She traveled with her mother as her chaperone and companion during her career.[12] "It is strange what erroneous ideas most people have of the life of a girl who is really in earnest on the stage," she commented in a 1915 interview, in which she described a life of discipline and sacrifice for her career.[13]
She married Thomas Dillon, a steel company executive. She died in 1951 in New York.[14]
