Evelyn Cavanaugh was an American actress, singer, and dancer in Broadway musical comedies in the 1910s and 1920s.
Evelyn Cavanaugh | |
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.jpg) Evelyn Cavanaugh, from a 1922 publication | |
| Born | Troy, New York, US |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, actress |
Early life and education
editCavanaugh was born in Troy, New York. She attended the boarding school at Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.[1]
Career
editCavanaugh'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
edit- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "My Golden Girl". Variety. 57 (11): 17. February 6, 1919 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ "Evelyn Cavanaugh" Dramatic Mirror 83 (March 26, 1921): 538.
- ^ "Love Birds; Pat Rooney in Excellent Musical Comedy". Dramatic Mirror. 83: 505. March 19, 1921.
- ^ "Dew Drop Inn". Theatre Magazine: 16. July 1923.
- ^ "'Dew Drop Inn' at the Majestic". The Boston Globe. 1923-11-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Hennepin". The Minneapolis Star. 1922-03-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.