Virginia Tracy Explained
| Virginia Tracy |
| Birth Date: | 1874 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Date: | March 4, 1946 |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Actress, writer |
| Yearsactive: | 1890s–1930s |
| Parents: | John McCullough
Helen Tracy (mother)[1] [2] |
Virginia Tracy (1874–March 4, 1946)[3] was an American adventurer, stage actress, novelist and screenwriter. In the newspaper world she wrote primarily for the New York Tribune.[4]
Biography
She was the daughter of Victorian actress Helen Tracy (1850–1924).[5] and Shakespearean actor John McCullough.[6] [7]
At 20, in 1894, she wrote one of her first professional reports after accompanying a caravan of actors led by Maurice Barrymore traveling cross country on train.[8] In the 1920s she wrote several large scale epics for the Fox Film Corporation.
Tracy's Broadway credits as an actress included Escape This Night (1938), Sweet Mystery of Life (1935), Post Road (1934), Jigsaw (1934), And Be My Love, (1934), Lone Valley (1933), Bulls, Bears and Asses (1932), Wild Waves (1932), and Up York State (1901).[5]
On March 4, 1946, Tracy died in New York City. She apparently had never married.
Works
- Merely Players: The Stories of Stage Life (1909)[9]
- Persons Unknown (1914)[10]
- Starring Dulcy Jayne (1927)[11]
- Moment After (1930)
- The Personal Appearance of a Lioness (1937)
Filmography
External links
Notes and References
- https://web.archive.org/web/20180826043849/https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/jvMAAOSwrJBbKPox/s-l1600.jpg portrait of Helen Tracy; ..Old Judge Cigarettes
- https://cabinetcardgallery.com/2008/12/30/helen-tracy-stage-actress/ Helen Tracy; portrait, CabinetCard
- Silent Film Necrology, p.526 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana
- https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030214/1920-05-23/ed-1/seq-73/#date1=1894&index=8&rows=20&words=TRACY+Tracy+Virginia+VIRGINIA&searchType=basic&sequence=0&state=&date2=1929&proxtext=Virginia+Tracy&y=0&x=0&dateFilterType=yearRange&page=1 New York Tribune
- Web site: Virginia Tracy . Internet Broadway Database . The Broadway League . 8 August 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190808023710/https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/virginia-tracy-62579 . 8 August 2019.
- Writes Bright Stories . American Musician . February 1902 . VI . 2 . 4 . 8 August 2019.
- see..Helen Tracy;CabinetCard
- Great Times, Good Times: The Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore by James Kotsilibas Davis c.1977
- https://books.google.com/books?id=tfAWAAAAYAAJ&q=Virginia+Tracy Merely Players: Stories of Stage Life c.1909 by Virginia Tracy
- https://books.google.com/books?id=hKAcAAAAMAAJ&dq=Virginia+Tracy&pg=PP1 Person's Unknown by Virginia Tracy c.1914; GoogleBooks.com
- https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/EqIAAOSw03lY69Mv/s-l1600.jpg Starring Dulcy Jayne by Virginia Tracy; book cover sleeve c.1927
