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American actress
Evelyn Cavanaugh
Evelyn Cavanaugh, from a 1922 publication
Born Troy, New York, US
Occupation(s) Dancer, actress
Evelyn Cavanaugh was an American actress, singer, and dancer in
Broadway musical comedies in the 1910s and 1920s.
Early life and education
Cavanaugh was born in
Troy, New York . She attended the boarding school at
Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.
[1]
Career
Cavanaugh's Broadway credits
[2]
[3] included roles in His Little Widows (1917), The Kiss Burglar (1918), My Golden Girl (1920),
[4]
Love Birds (1921),
[5]
[6]
Kissing Time (1921),
Dew Drop Inn (1923),
[7]
[8] In the Moonlight (1923),
[9] Wildflower (1923-1924), and
The Girl Friend (1926).
[10] She also toured in a
vaudeville act with dance partner James Doyle.
[11]
She was generally praised by critics. "Evelyn Cavanaugh and Richard Dore made a handsome couple and both their dances went big with the audience," reported
Variety in 1919. "Miss Cavanaugh's singing showed a good voice, her personality adding a good deal to the performance."
[4]
References
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"Started Society Dance" . The Kentucky Post and Times-Star . 1923-10-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
^ Dietz, Dan (2021-06-15).
The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals . Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 384–385, 434–435.
ISBN
978-1-5381-5028-3 .
^ Dietz, Dan (2019-04-10).
The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals . Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 5–6, 36–37, 149–150, 160–161, 308–309.
ISBN
978-1-5381-1282-3 .
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a
b
"My Golden Girl" . Variety . 57 (11): 17. February 6, 1919 – via Internet Archive.
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"Evelyn Cavanaugh" Dramatic Mirror 83 (March 26, 1921): 538.
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"Love Birds; Pat Rooney in Excellent Musical Comedy" . Dramatic Mirror . 83 : 505. March 19, 1921.
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"Dew Drop Inn" . Theatre Magazine : 16. July 1923.
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" 'Dew Drop Inn' at the Majestic" . The Boston Globe . 1923-11-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
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"When the Curtain Rises" . Musical Advance . 10 . May 1923.
^ Bordman, Gerald (2001).
American Musical Theater: A Chronicle . Oxford University Press, USA. p. 460.
ISBN
978-0-19-513074-4 .
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"Hennepin" . The Minneapolis Star . 1922-03-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
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