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Kirby, Madge


  • [English born actress Madge Kirby was active on the American stage and screen from the early 1900's until about 1929. Some sources say she was the sister of English operatic soprano and actress Ruth Vincent and that she also sang with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; other sources say that she was not. Though she had dark hair and eyes, she usually appeared on screen in a curly blonde wig.]

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    • Vincent, Madge

  • Additional Information

    • Birth Date

        1884-04-12

    • Birth Place

        Norfolk (England)

    • Associated Language

        English

    • Field of Activity

      Acting


    • Occupation

      Actresses

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  • Sources

    • found: An auto nut [MP] 1919?, c1924:credits (cast, Madge Kirby)
    • found: Actor's nightmare, 1919 or 1920?:(Madge Kirby, cast)
    • found: Internet movie database WWW site, viewed May 18, 2017(Madge Kirby; stage and screen actress; born in 1884 in Norfolk, England; active on screen from about 1912 to about 1921; active on stage until about 1929; also known as: Madge Vincent)
    • found: The New York dramatic mirror, April 10, 1912, viewed online May 18, 2017 via Fulton History WWW sitep. 6, Stage birthday calendar (born on April 12: Madge Vincent, who returned to the stage this season after a long absence first in The Wife Hunters, and now with Weber and Fields in Hokey-Pokey)
    • found: Internet Broadway database WWW site, viewed May 18, 2017(Madge Vincent; actress; appeared in Hokey-Pokey in 1912, Wife hunters in 1911, The Mayor of Tokio in 1905 and in The Maid and the Mummy in 1904)
    • found: New York, New York, Marriage Index 1866-1937 viewed online May 18, 2017 via Ancestry.com(Madge Vincent married Maurice B. Kirby on January 18, 1906 in New York, NY)
    • found: 1910 United States Federal Census viewed online May 18, 2017 via Ancestry.com(Madge Kirby; age 25; born in England in about 1884; home, West 159th St., New York City; spouse, Morris Kirby; daughter, Audrey Kirby, age 2)
    • found: 1920 United States Federal Census viewed online May 18, 2017 via Ancestry.com(Madge Kirby; actress; born in England; home, West 4th St., Los Angeles, California; widowed; daughter, Audrey Kirby, age 11)
    • found: Who's who on the screen, c1920, viewed online at the Internet Archive WWW site May 18, 2017((Madge Kirby; moved to the U.S. from England at about age 9; stage actress since about the age of 14; worked with Richard Carle and Lew Fields; later went into vaudeville; began screen career at Biograph; also worked at the American Film Co., Fox Film Corporation, and Vitagraph; appeared Hank Mann Comedies)

  • General Notes

    • [English born actress Madge Kirby was active on the American stage and screen from the early 1900's until about 1929. Some sources say she was the sister of English operatic soprano and actress Ruth Vincent and that she also sang with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company; other sources say that she was not. Though she had dark hair and eyes, she usually appeared on screen in a curly blonde wig.]

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    • 1994-09-30: new
    • 2017-05-18: revised

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