Isabel Irving

Isabel Irving was born in Bridgeport, Connecticut on February 28, 1871 to Charles Washington and Isabella Irving.Leonard, John William (1914). [https://books.google.com/books?id=34hmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA423 Woman's Who's Who of America: a Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada, American Commonwealth Company, pg. 423.] {{ISBN|0810340186}} She made her New York stage debut in c. 1886{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1944/09/02/88608574.html?pageNumber=11|title=ISABEL IRVIN6, 3, ACTRESS 50 Years; Star in Companies of Vokes, Daly and Frohman Dies-Played Opposite Drew|last=|first=|date=|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-21}}{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1899/10/20/100456475.html?pageNumber=7|title=MISS ISABEL IRVING WEDS.; Ceremony performed in New Jersey Unltes the Actress to Thompson, the Actor.|last=|first=|date=|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=2019-11-21}} at the Standard Theatre in The Schoolmistress under Rosina Vokes.{{Cite web|url=http://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1894/03/24/106900790.html?pageNumber=5|title=ISABEL IRVING'S PLANS.; The Young Actress to be a Member of Mr. Frohman's Company.|website=timesmachine.nytimes.com|language=en|access-date=2019-11-21}}

In 1899, after a secret engagement, Irving married the actor William H. Thompson who died in 1923.

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In 1907, an Oregon newspaper (The Morning Oregonian) called her a "brilliant American actress" and "a charming actress and comedienne" during her national tour performance there in Susan In Search of a Husband.{{Cite journal|last=Library|first=University of Oregon, Knight|date=1907-02-01|title=Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 01, 1907, Image 14|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1907-02-01/ed-1/seq-14/|issue=1907/02/01|pages=14}}{{Cite journal|last=Library|first=University of Oregon, Knight|date=1907-02-02|title=Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, February 02, 1907, Image 14|url=https://oregonnews.uoregon.edu/lccn/sn83025138/1907-02-02/ed-1/seq-14/|issue=1907/02/02|pages=14}}

She retired from her long career in theater in 1936 after completing her final tour in Three Wise Fools. She died in 1944 in Nantucket at 73.

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Irving appeared in numerous productions during her 50-year career.{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_34hmAAAAMAAJ|page=[https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_34hmAAAAMAAJ/page/n408 423]|title=Woman's Who's who of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporary Women of the United States and Canada|date=1914|publisher=American Commonwealth Company|isbn=978-0-8103-4018-3|language=en}}

• The Schoolmistress (as Gwendoline)
• Pantomime Rehearsal
• Nancy and Company (as Daisy)
• Gwynee's Oath (as the ingenue)
• Popping the Question (as the waiting maid)
• The Great Unknown (as Pansy)
• As You Like It (as Audrey)
• A Midsummer Night's Dream (as Oberon)
• The Hunchback (as Helen)
• The Last Word (as Miss Rutherell)
• The Arabian Nights (as Maitland)
• Needles and Pins
• The Critic
• The Lottery of Love
• The Cabinet Minister
• She Stoops to Conquer
• Merry Wives of Windsor
• The Age of Innocence
• Uncle Vanya
• Three Wise Fools

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• [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/search/index?utf8=%E2%9C%93&keywords=isabel+irving Isabel Irving] photo gallery at the [https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/ NYP Library]
• [http://www.nha.org/digitalexhibits/sconset02564/timeline/actorscolony.html Actors Colony of Siasconset] from the Nantucket Historical Association Digital Exhibition 'Sconset 02564

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