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Fay Templeton (December 25, 1865 – October 3, 1939)〔Blum, Daniel. ''Great Stars of the American Stage'', c.1952 & this 2nd edit. c.1954 ''Profile #30''〕 was an American actress, singer and comedienne. Her parents were actors/vaudevillians and she followed in their footsteps, making her Broadway debut in 1900. Templeton excelled on the legitimate and vaudeville stages for more than half a century. She was a favorite headliner and heroine of popular theater, appearing until 1934. For a time she dated Sam Shubert, of the famous Shubert family of theatre owners, up until his death in a railroad accident. Some of her notable performances were in ''H.M.S. Pinafore'' and ''Roberta''. In an age of buxom beauties, she was particularly buxom, playing romantic leads despite her weight. ==Early life and career== Templeton was born on December 25, 1865, in Little Rock, Arkansas, where her parents were starring with the Templeton Opera Company. Her father, John Templeton, was a well-known Southern theatre manager, comedian, and author. Her mother, Helen Alice Vane, starred with her husband. At age three, Templeton, dressed as Cupid, sang fairy tale songs between the acts of her father’s plays. Gradually, she was incorporated into the productions as a bit player and then, at five, had actual lines to recite. At eight, she played Puck in ''A Midsummer Night’s Dream'', making her New York debut at Grand Opera House.〔Bordman, Gerald. (''American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle'' ), Oxford University Press, 2010 ISBN 0199729700 p. 119〕 At fifteen, Templeton joined a light opera company, playing in a juvenile version of Gilbert and Sullivan's ''H.M.S. Pinafore''. She also played in ''The Mascot'' and ''Billee Taylor''.〔 The same year, she eloped with Billy West, a blackface minstrel performer, but they separated after a honeymoon of six weeks. On October 7, 1885, Templeton had her formal debut in a revival of ''Evangeline''. The play ran for 201 performances. In this show, she displayed talent as both a comedian and mimic. After several years on the road playing in various melodramas and musical farces, Templeton was given the title role in ''Hendrik Hudson'', which opened at the 14th Street Theater on August 18, 1890. It was a “trouser role,” one in which an actress appears in male clothing, then a popular feature of operettas. Her role was of a faithless husband. She won accolades singing “The Same Old Thing,” but the show itself lasted only sixteen performances. She starred in the London premiere of ''Monte Cristo, Jr.'', an 1886 hit.〔 Between shows, in 1887, Templeton began living with Howell Osborne, a wealthy broker for Jay Gould; there is no record that they ever married, and the two had no children. The two lived in England and toured the continent for several years. By 1890, Templeton had formed her own opera company and starred in various operettas, none of which fared well financially. In 1895, she starred in another trouser role in E. E. Rice’s ''Excelsior, Jr.'' at Oscar Hammerstein’s new Olympic Theater. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Fay Templeton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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