Effie Shannon

Effie Shannon
Famous Actresses of the Day in America, Volume 1 By Lewis Clinton Strang pub. 1899
Born	May 13, 1867 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Died	July 24, 1954 (aged 87) Bay Shore, New York, United States
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1886–1944
Spouse(s)	Henry Guy Carleton m.1891,[1] divorced ?
Partner(s)	Herbert Kelcey (may have been her spouse; unclear)

Effie Shannon (May 13, 1867 – July 24, 1954) was an American stage and silent screen actress.^[2]

Biography

Shannon had a 60 year career as starring performer and later character actress. She began as a child actor appearing with John McCullough and later in 1886 with Robert B. Mantell. Her partner and/or husband was Herbert Kelcey who died in 1917. They appeared in numerous plays as a team predating by a generation the famous Lunt and Fontanne as a great Broadway romantic team. In 1914 she appeared in her first silent film along with Kelcey. They made one more film together in 1916 before his 1917 death. Shannon continued to appear in silent films and early talkies up to 1932 all while still juggling her Broadway appearances. One of her last roles was in a revival of Arsenic and Old Lace.^[3][4]

Filmography

• After the Ball (1914)
• The Sphinx (1916)
• Her Boy (1918)
• Ashes of Love (1918)
• The Common Cause (1919)
• Mama's Affair (1921)
• Sure-Fire Flint (1922)
• The Man Who Played God (1922)
• Secrets of Paris (1923)
• The Tie That Binds (1923)
• Jacqueline, or Blazing Barriers (1923)
• Bright Lights of Broadway (1923)
• Roulette (1924)
• Damaged Hearts (1924)
• The Side Show of Life (1924)
• Sinners In Heaven (1924)
• Soul-Fire (1925)
• Sally of the Sawdust (1925)
• Wandering Fires (1925)
• The New Commandment (1925)
• Pearl of Love (1925)
• The Highbinders (1926)
• Highlowbrow (1929) *short
• The Wiser Sex (1932)

References

1. 1894 Theater Stage Actors "Original Stage 2" Retrieved June 1, 2015
2. Effie Shannon; findagrave.com Retrieved May 14, 2015
3. Effie Shannon at the IBDB.com database
4. Who Was Who in the Theatre 1912-1976, abridgement of original annual versions by John Parker; 1976 version published by Gale Research

External links

• Effie Shannon at the Internet Movie Database
• Effie Shannon portrait gallery at the NY Public Library, Billy Rose Collection
• stage actress Effie Shannon University of Washington, Sayre Collection
• Portraits of Effie Shannon, University of Louisville, Macauley Theatre Collection, #1, #2