Grace Elliston
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DiedDecember 14, 1950 (aged 71–72)
December 14, 1950 (aged 68–69)
December 14, 1950 (aged 68–69)
Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S.
OccupationTheatre actress
Yearsactive1899–1922
Grace Elliston | |
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.jpg) Elliston in 1902 | |
| Born | Grace Rutter[1] 1878[2][3][4] 1881[5][6][7] Memphis, Tennessee, U.S. |
| Died | December 14, 1950 (aged 71–72) December 14, 1950 (aged 68–69) Lenox, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Theatre actress |
| Years active | 1899–1922 |
Grace Ellliston (1878[1][2][3][4] or 1881[5][6][7] – December 14, 1950)[8] was an American theatre actress.[9]
Elliston was born Grace Rutter[4][1] in Memphis, Tennessee.[9][3] In 1899, she appeared in the Broadway play Wheels Within Wheels.[3] Her Broadway appearances included The Country Cousin,[10] The Shadow, Arizona, The Rector's Garden, The Helmet of Navarre, Her Husband's Wife, Ourselves, The Lion and the Mouse and A Blot in the 'Scutcheon, among others.[3] Her final Broadway credit was The Lucky One in 1922.[3]
Elliston died in December 1950 at the Crestwood Nursing Home in Lenox, Massachusetts.[8][9] She was cremated.[11]
