VIOLA EMILY ALLEN , AMERICAN STAGE ACTRESS BORN 1867 OCTOBER 27
VIOLA EMILY ALLEN , AMERICAN STAGE ACTRESS BORN 1867 OCTOBER 27 Viola Emily Allen (October 27, 1867 – May 9, 1948) was an American stage actress who played leading roles in Shakespeare and other plays, including many original plays. She starred in over two dozen Broadway productions from 1885 to 1916. Beginning in 1915, she appeared in three silent films. Biography[edit source] Allen was born in Huntsville, Alabama in 1867 (some sources say 1869; see discussion), the daughter of actors C. Leslie Allen (1830–1917) and Sarah Lyon.[2][3] She moved to Boston at three years of age and later moved with her family to Toronto. She was educated at the Bishop Strachan School, her brothers being educated at Trinity College School, Port Hope, Ontario.[4] She then attended a boarding school in New York City.[2] Viola Allen Allen had her first stage appearance at the age of 15 at Madison Square Theatre in New York in 1882. Annie Russell, who was playing the title role in Esme...