Adelaide Prince (born Adelaide Rubinstein, 14 December 1866 – 4 April 1941) was an English-born American actress.
Life and career
Adelaide Prince was born Adelaide Rubinstein1 in London, England on 14 December 1866.2 Her family was Jewish.3 and they immigrated to the United States when Adelaide was an infant; settling first in Millican, Texas and later in Galveston, Texas.1 She began performing in vaudeville and pantomime as a child and while a teenager married Henry D. Prince.4 She later married Edwin Booth's nephew, the actor Creston Clarke. Their son was the writer Harry Clork.5
Prince had a lengthy career as an adult actress on the American stage; performing as a member of Augustin Daly's theatre troupe and in many plays produced by Charles Frohman on Broadway and on tour. She was particularly celebrated for her performances in plays by William Shakespeare.5 One of her Broadway performances included the role of Helen in James Sheridan Knowles's The Hunchback at the Garrick Theatre in 1902.67 She also performed in a handful of silent films;8 including National Red Cross Pageant (1917),9 Captain Swift (1920),1011 and Who Are My Parents? (1922).12
Prince died on 4 April 1941 in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania.8
References
References
Citations
- Briscoe 1907, p. 273.
- "Jane Laurel, John Drew, and Adelaide Prince in "Inconstant George," circa 1910". Macauley's Theatre Collection, University of Louisville Photographic Archives. University of Louisville. Retrieved June 13, 2026.
- Ornish 1989, p. 233.
- "Our Gallery of Players". The Illustrated American. April 9, 1892. p. 357.
- "Adelaide Prince, Famous Actress Dies at Shawnee". The Morning Call. April 5, 1941. p. 13.
- "The Theatres Last Night; Viola Allen Appears as Julia in The Hunchback". The New York Times. June 3, 1902. p. 9.
- "Garrick Theatre; The Hunchback". The Cast. VIII (1): 15. June 2, 1902.
- Vazzana 1995, p. 268.
- American Film Institute 1988, p. 652.
- American Film Institute 1988, p. 124.
- "Captain Swift at the Capitol". The Philadelphia Inquirer. May 11, 1920. p. 8.
- Solomon 2014, p. 280.
Bibliography
- American Film Institute (1988). Hanson, Patricia King; Gevinson, Alan (eds.). The American Film Institute Catalog of Motion Pictures Produced in the United States: Feature Films, 1911-1920. University of California Press. ISBN 978-0520063013.
- Briscoe, Johnson (1907). "December 14: Adelaide Prince". The Actors' Birthday Book, Volume 1. Moffat, Yard and Company.
- Ornish, Natalie (1989). Pioneer Jewish Texans: Their Impact on Texas and American History for Four Hundred Years, 1590-1990. Texas Heritage Press. ISBN 9780962075506.
- Solomon, Aubrey (2014). The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786486106.
- Vazzana, Eugene Michael (1995). Silent Film Necrology: Births and Deaths of Over 9000 Performers, Directors, Producers, and Other Filmmakers of the Silent Era, Through 1993. McFarland & Company. ISBN 9780786401321.