- Pauline Chase
Pauline Chase (1885–1962) was an American actress who performed on the stage in both the United States and the
United Kingdom . She is known for her extended run in the title role of British productions of "Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up ".She was born Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss in
Washington, D.C. , and schooled at the Convent of theSisters of the Holy Cross in New York.http://www.collectorspost.com/cgi-bin/ShopLoader.cgi?Actors/pauline_chase.html]She began acting at the age of 15. She played one of the Lost Boys in the debut of "Peter Pan" in London in 1904. She was later selected by producer
Charles Frohman and playwrightJ. M. Barrie for the title role, which she played from 1906–1913. A 1909 "New York Times " news article about Barrie's divorce refers to the couple adopting her, [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9A0DE1D8123EE733A25754C0A9669D946897D6CF J.M. BARRIE SEEKS DIVORCE FROM WIFE; He Married an Actress in 1894, an... - Article Preview - The New York Times ] ] though Barrie biographers make no note of this happening.She retired from the stage after the Christmas run of
Peter Pan ended in 1913 to marry banker Captain Alexander Victor Drummond. They had three children.Don Gillan (www.stagebeauty.net)]She came out of retirement in 1916 and appeared in "The Real Thing at Last" which was her only film.
She was said to have had an affair with explorer
Robert Falcon Scott before he was married.References
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