Shirley Kellogg

Shirley Kellogg

Shirley Kellogg (born 1888) was an American actress and singer who found greater success in Britain than in America, mostly in revue.

She was born in 1888,[1] and appeared in theatre, particularly at the London Hippodrome and married theatrical and later film director Albert de Courville in June 1913. In 1917 she was filmed promoting the introduction of the motor scooter to England.[2] From 1921 to 1924 she owned Little Grove, a Georgian house in East Barnet which she was said to have spent £10,000 restoring, a very large amount of money at that time. The house was referred to as Shirley Grove at that time.[3]

In 1924, Kellogg was granted a divorce from de Courville.[4]

In 1924, Kellogg travelled to Hollywood to attempt to break into moving pictures and featured in silent films.[5]

Appearances

References

  1. ↑ "Shirley Kellogg (Mrs Albert de Courville)". National Portrait Gallery. Retrieved 22 August 2015.
  2. ↑ America's Latest Miss Shirley Kellogg. British Pathé, 1917. Retrieved 21 August 2015.
  3. ↑ Gear, Gillian. (2014) Little Grove House and Grounds. Barnet: Barnet Museum & Local History Society. pp. 7-9. (Barnet Museum Bulletins series) (First published 2006)
  4. ↑ https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=RVstAAAAIBAJ&sjid=ldkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=3798%2C5773164
  5. ↑ Fraser, Harry L.; Wheeler W. Dixon; Audrey Brown Fraser (1990). I Went That-a-Way: The Memoirs of a Western Film Director. Scarecrow Press. pp. 86–87. ISBN 978-0-8108-2340-2.

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