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Born on August 25, 1860, in Alexandria Virginia, Fawcett was a graduate of the University of Virginia. His early acting career began in 1887, when he appeared in a production of "Baron Rudolph." Maintaining on the stage, he married actress wife, Percy Haswell, in 1895.
- August 25, 1860
- June 6, 1939
Born in Alexandria, Virginia, in 1860, Fawcett graduated from the University of Virginia. [1] His initial inclination was to be an attorney, but he became a Shakespearean actor instead. [2] Fawcett had his own acting troupe, the Fawcett Stock Company.
George Fawcett was an American stage and screen actor as well as a three-time (in 1920 and 1921) film director. His screen acting career spanned the years 1915 to 1931.
Aug 11, 2023 · George Fawcett was an American stage and film actor of the silent era. On stage he appeared in such plays as Ghosts with Mary Shaw, The Squaw Man with William Faversham, The Great John Ganton with an up-and-coming actress Laurette Taylor in the cast and Getting A Polish with the historic film actress May Irwin.
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The Fawcett family moved from New York, N.Y., to Nantucket, Mass., in 1899. George Fawcett (1860–1939) and Percy Haswell Fawcett ( –1945) were both actors. Their daughter Margaret Fawcett Barnes (1896–1980) wrote plays, essays, and poems, and founded the Straight Wharf Theatre with her first husband, Robert Wilson. This collection contains plays, e...
Collection Number:
1. MS59
Title:
1. Fawcett Family Papers
Date(s):
1. 1824–1979, undated
Restrictions to Access: No restrictions. Open for research. Restrictions to Use: No usage restrictions. Copyright Notice: Copyright is retained by the authors of items in this collection, or their descendants, as stipulated by United States copyright law. Preferred Citation: [identification of item], in the Fawcett Family Papers, Nantucket Historic...
A19 Margaret Fawcett Barnes Photoalbum, Nantucket Historical Association.PH56 Margaret Fawcett Barnes Photographic Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.Oral History Interview with Margaret Fawcett Barnes, 1958, Cassette Tape Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.Oral History Interview with Margaret Fawcett Barnes, 1975, Cassette Tape Collection, Nantucket Historical Association.Personal NameCorporate NameTopical TermThe Fawcett family moved from New York, N.Y., to Nantucket, Mass., in 1899. George Fawcett (1860–1939) and Percy Haswell Fawcett ( –1945) were both stage actors. George transitioned from theater to films in 1914 at the age of 54 and worked with well-known figures such as D.W. Griffith, Joan Crawford, and Greta Garbo. Percy was a Broadway star and d...
This collection contains plays, essays and poems written by Margaret Fawcett Barnes; essays, poems, and an autobiography by George Fawcett; journals and reminiscences of Percy Haswell Fawcett; a play by George Fawcett’s brother, Alan; plays by Robert Wilson; and theatre programs, ephemera, and letters.
Folder 1 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: Autobiography of George Fawcett, undated SV-59/1 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: baby book, 1896 Folder 2 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: biographical Information, 1943–1944 Folder 3 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: essays, undated Folder 4 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: essays, undated Folder 5 Margaret Fawcett Barnes: letters in, 1939–1973 ...
Finding aid by Ashley Miller, July 2022. This collection was reprocessed in July 2022. Existing order in each folder was maintained, but files were refoldered, given DACS-compliant descriptive titles, and the collection was renamed from Margaret Fawcett Barnes Collection to Fawcett Family Papers.
Fawcett had his own theater troupe, the Fawcett Stock Company. He starred in The Ghost (1905) with Mary Shaw, The Squawman (1905) with William Faversham, and The Great John Gunton, which featured up-and-coming actress Laurette Taylor in the cast. ” (1909) and other plays.
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George Fawcett he initially established his reputation in Victoria as a character actor and impersonator, playing regional centres like Ballarat and Geelong and even in the goldfields themselves.
