About Lizzie Conway
Lived 1846 – 1916 (aged 70). Lizzie Conway was an American actor.
Lizzie Conway (April 10, 1846 – May 4, 1916) was an American stage and film actor.
She was born Lizzie Letford on April 10, 1846 in Philadelphia. Her professional debut was alongside Edwin Forrest in Henry VIII at the Chestnut Street Theatre in 1865. In her fifty year stage career, her many roles included Bridget in Clyde Fitch's Lover's Lane (1901) at the Manhattan Theatre, Mrs. Michael Cochran in Sydney Rosenfeld's The Aero Club (1907) at the Criterion Theatre, and in Earl W. Mayo's Cape Cod Folks (1906) at the Academy of Music.
She starred in a number of short films from Edison Studios and played the grandmother of Beulah Poynter in Lena Rivers (1914).
Filmography
A Cause for Thankfulness (1913) His Undesirable Relatives (1913) Nora's Boarders (1913)
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Who was Lizzie Conway?
American actress (1846-1916)
When was Lizzie Conway born?
Lizzie Conway was born on 10 April 1846 in Philadelphia.
When did Lizzie Conway die?
Lizzie Conway died on 4 May 1916 in Milwaukee.
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Lizzie Conway was an actor.
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Lizzie Conway was American.
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