Valeska Suratt
Valeska Suratt | |
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Lahir | Owensville, Indiana, U.S. | 28 Juni 1882
Meninggal | 2 Juli 1962 Washington, D.C. | (umur 80)
Makam | Highland Lawn Cemetery |
Kebangsaan | American |
Nama lain | Valeska Surratt |
Pekerjaan | Actress |
Tahun aktif | 1906–1922 |
Suami/istri | Billy Gould (m. c.1905–c.1911) Fletcher Norton
(m. 1911–1941) |
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Valeska Suratt (28 Juni 1882 – 2 Juli 1962) adalah aktris film bisu berkebangsaan Amerika Serikat. Sepanjang kariernya, Surrat tampil dalam sebelas film-film bisu yang kemudian diketahui hilang.
Latar belakang
[sunting | sunting sumber]Suratt lahir di Owensville, Indiana puteri dari Ralph dan Anna Suratt. Kakeknya merupakan imigran asal Prancis dan neneknya merupakan imigran dari Inggris. Dia memiliki saudara perempuan tiri, kakak laki-laki, dan adik perempuan. Pada usia enam tahun, keluarganya pindah ke Terre Haute. Dia keluar sekolah pada tahun 1899 dan bekerja di studio foto. Suratt kemudian pindah ke Indianapolis ketika dia bekerja sebagai asisten di gerai topi di pasaraya.[1][2]
Surratt menikah dua kali dan tidak dikaruniai anak. Suami pertamanya adalah William J. Flannery (1869–1950), dikenal sebagai Billy Gould, yang dinikahi pada tahun 1904, seorang komedian yang dikenal melalui peran-peran sebagai penanyi. Kemudian mereka bercerai. Tahun 1911, dia menikah lagi dengan aktor Fletcher Norton yang bertahan sampai kematian Norton tahun 1941. Dia merupakan anggota dari Bahá'í Faith.[3]
Kematian
[sunting | sunting sumber]Valeska Suratt meninggal di sebuah rumah jompo di Washington, D.C. tanggal 2 Juli 1962 pada usia 80 tahun. Suratt dimakamkan di Highland Lawn Cemetery Terre Haute, Indiana.[1]
Penampilan di Broadway
[sunting | sunting sumber]Tanggal | Produksi | Peran | Catatan |
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December 3, 1906 – March 30, 1907 | The Belle of Mayfair | Duchess of Dunmow | |
October 10 – December 7, 1907 | Hip! Hip! Hooray! | Mrs. Vera Shapeleigh | |
April 25 – May 1910 | The Girl with the Whooping Cough | ||
June 2 – September 1911 | The Red Rose | Lola | Costume and scenic design |
July 6 – September 9, 1922 | Spice of 1922 |
Filmografi
[sunting | sunting sumber]Tahun | Judul | Peran | Catatan |
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1915 | The Soul of Broadway | Grace Leonard, aka La Valencia | Lost film |
1915 | The Immigrant | Masha | Lost film |
1916 | The Straight Way | Mary Madison | Lost film |
1916 | Jealousy | Anne Baxter | Lost film |
1916 | The Victim | Ruth Merrill | Lost film |
1917 | The New York Peacock | Zena | Lost film |
1917 | She | Ayesha, aka "She" | Lost film |
1917 | The Slave | Caroline | Lost film |
1917 | The Siren | Cherry Millard | Lost film |
1917 | Wife Number Two | Emma Rolfe | Lost film |
1917 | A Rich Man's Plaything | Marie Grandon | Lost film |
Referensi
[sunting | sunting sumber]- ^ a b McCormick, Mike (March 14, 2009). "HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE: Looking at the twists and turns in the life of Valeska Suratt". tribstar.com. Diarsipkan dari versi asli tanggal 2012-09-02. Diakses tanggal March 4, 2013.
- ^ Waterbury, Ruth; Vaux Bacon, George (1915). "Valeska Suratt of Terre Haute". Photoplay: The Aristocrat of Motion Picture Magazines, Volume 9. 9. Photoplay Magazine Publishing Company. hlm. 89–91.
- ^ Julie Chanler (1956). From Gaslight to Dawn: an autobiography. New York: New History Foundation. hlm. 152–153.
- "Startling Secrets of the World's Most Famous Self-Made Beauty." Cedar Rapids Republican. June 16, 1912, Page 13.
- "Valeska Suratt Thursday." Fort Wayne Journal. July 29, 1917, Page 37.
- "A Journey Through Queen of Night's Apartment." Oakland Tribune. April 5, 1914, Page 10.
- "The Kiss-Waltz." Racine Journal-News. February 5, 1913, Page 10.
- "Star In The Soul of Broadway." Wichita Falls Daily Times. Page 16.
Pranala luar
[sunting | sunting sumber]- Valeska Suratt di Internet Broadway Database
- Valeska Suratt di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Valeska Surratt Genealogy Page
- 1916 portrait of Valeska Surratt by Benjamin Strauss and Homer Peyton
- Surratt's stage portraits & silent film stills
- passport photo of Valeska Suratt, 1919
- Valeska Suratt(Univ. of South Carolina)
- Valeska Suratt(Kinotv)
- Kelahiran 1882
- Kematian 1962
- Meninggal usia 80
- 1882 births
- 1962 deaths
- 20th-century American actresses
- 20th-century Bahá'ís
- 20th Century Fox contract players
- Actresses from Indiana
- American Bahá'ís
- American film actresses
- American people of English descent
- American people of French descent
- American silent film actresses
- American stage actresses
- Burials in Indiana
- Actors from Terre Haute, Indiana
- Vaudeville performers
- Pemeran perempuan Amerika Serikat abad ke-20
- Pemeran film perempuan Amerika Serikat
- Inggris-Amerika
- Prancis-Amerika
- Pemeran film bisu perempuan Amerika Serikat