Trixie Friganza

Trixie Friganza November 29 1870 February 27 1955 born Delia OCallaghan began her career as an operetta soubrette working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic and retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons played Aramanthe Dedincourt and is most wellknown for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes or Vokins in The Orchid Mrs Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912 and of course her unforgettable run as a vaudeville headliner During the height of her career she used her fame to promote social civic and political issues of importance such as selflove and the Suffragist movement Description above from the Wikipedia article Trixie Friganza licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia