Individual Details
Elsie Cornett Lawson
(30 Sep 1899 - 23 Nov 1942)
Elsie&s filmography included:
A Social Celebrity
(Presumed Lost)
[Comedy/Drama] Released March 29, 1926
April King
Dancing Mothers
(Available on DVD)
[Drama] Released March 1, 1926
Irma Raymond
Twenty-One
(Presumed Lost)
[Drama] Released December 17, 1923
Paula
The Amazons
(Presumed Lost)
[Comedy] Released August 5, 1917
Willie
She also appeared in the following stage productions according to newspaper articles and the Internet Broadway Database (IBDB). (Broadway Productions*)
Room of Dreams*
[Play, Comedy, Original]
Adrienne Delaujan
Nov 5, 1930 - Nov 1930
The Unsophisticates (formerly Two Innocents)
[Play, Comedy, Original]
Dec 1, 1929 - Jan 1930
Whispering Friends*
[Play, Farce, Original]
Doris Crawford
Feb 20, 1928 - May 1928
People Don&t Do Such Things*
[Play, Comedy, Original]
Dolly Converse
Nov 23, 1927 - Dec 1927
The Triumphant Bachelor*
[Farce, Play, Original]
Mildred Spence
Sep 16, 1927 - Sep 30, 1927
The Zoo
[Comedy, Play, Original]
Honor
Oct 3, 1927 - Oct 31, 1927
We Americans*
[Comedy, Play, Original]
Beth Levine
Oct 12, 1926 - Jan 1, 1927
Venice for Two
[Farce, Play]
Oct 26, 1925 -
Dancing Mothers*
[Play, Original]
Irma Raymond
Aug 11, 1924 - May 1925
Spring Cleaning*
[Play, Comedy, Original]
10/20/1923 - circa. 6/1924
She&s a Good Fellow (formerly A New Girl)*
[Musical, Comedy, Original]
Zizi Sumarez
Apr 6, 1919 - Aug 16, 1919
Tumble Inn
[Musical, Comedy]
Feb 1919 -
Glorianna*
[Musical, Play, Original]
Maid
Oct 28, 1918 - Jan 18, 1919
Hitchy-Koo*
[Musical, Revue, Original]
Lola Montez
Tiger Rose Dance
Jun 06, 1918 - Aug 03, 1918
A Night in Spain*
[Musical, Review, Original]
Raymond Hitchcock&s "Body Guard"
Dec 06, 1917 - Jan 12, 1918
(Note: Multiple internet databases confuse her with actress Eleanor Lawson.)
Events
| Birth | 30 Sep 1899 | Elk Creek, not Roanoke, according to the New York Passenger list. - Elk Creek, Grayson, Virginia |  | ||
| Residence | 1910 | Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Daughter - Roanoke, Virginia | | ||
| Residence | 1916 | Savannah, Chatham, Georgia | | ||
| Marriage | Sep 1919 | Late September according to an article in The World News, Volume 34, Number 91, 14 October 1919, p. 8. - Rudolf Friml | |||
| Residence | 1920 | Wife of Rudolf Friml renting a brownstone at 869 Riverside Drive. - Manhattan, New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 24 Nov 1920 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. Married and living at 869 Riverside Drive. The coming frequent moves are because of the New York tradition of 'Moving Day.' - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 14 Aug 1922 | Arriving from Liverpool, England. Married housewife living at 869 Riverside Drive. - New York, New York | | ||
| Residence | 1924 | Listed as Mrs. Elsie Lawson Friml at 138 America - Orlando, Orange, Florida | | ||
| Residence | 1925 | Listed as Elsie Lawson at 138 America. - Orlando, Orange, Florida | | ||
| Arrival | 1 May 1925 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 77 Park Ave. - New York, New York | | ||
| Divorce | Abt Jun 1925 | Elsie lists herself as single on May 1, which coincides with the end of her husband's two year probationary period to become a citizen. They are apparently still married when he becomes a citizen on June 15th, but divorce sometime soon thereafter. - New York - Rudolf Friml |  | | |
| Arrival | 3 Jun 1927 | Arriving from Southampton, England with her sister Catherine. She is single and living at 77 Park Avenue. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 24 Aug 1928 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 77 Park Ave. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 11 Jan 1929 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 77 Park Ave and traveling with her parents. This is where she gives her birthplace as Elk Creek. - New York, New York | | ||
| Residence | 1930 | Divorced theatrical Actress at 30 East 71st Street. - Manhattan, New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 14 Jul 1930 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. Single and living at 30 East 71st St. - New York, New York | | ||
| Residence | 1931 | 11 East 68th - Manhatten, New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 2 Oct 1931 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 30 East 71st St. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 7 Dec 1932 | Arriving from Genoa, Italy. She is single and living at the Savoy Plaza Hotel, New York City. - New York, New York | | ||
| Residence | 10 May 1933 | Rented the penthouse at 480 Park Ave. Source: NYT - New York, New York | |||
| Arrival | 4 Jul 1933 | Arriving from Villefranche, France. She is married (?) and living at 30 East 71st St. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 14 May 1935 | Arriving from Le Havre, France. She is single and living at 960 5th Ave. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 27 Nov 1935 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 960 5th Ave. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 10 Jan 1936 | Arriving from Cherbourg, France. She is single and living at 30 East 71st St. - New York, New York | | ||
| Arrival | 6 Aug 1936 | Arriving from Villefranche, France. Single and living at 960 5th Ave. - New York, New York | | ||
| Marriage | 16 Aug 1936 | Harrison, Westchester, New York - Gustave Schirmer III | |||
| Marriage | 16 Aug 1936 | Harrison, Westchester, New York - William Hugo Smalley | | ||
| Divorce | 1937 | Collier, Collier, Florida - Gustave Schirmer III | | ||
| Marriage | 13 Jan 1940 | Elsie gives her address as Enterprise, Florida. - Yuma County, Arizona - William Hugo Smalley | | ||
| Residence | 1 Apr 1940 | Married and living at 316 Clark Drive. Her husband, William, is a musical composer. - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California | | ||
| World War II Registration Card | 16 Oct 1940 | Elsie and William were living at 316 S. Clark Dr. when he filled out his WWII registration card. - Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California | | ||
| Residence | 4 Oct 1941 | Leasing apartment at 151 E. 83rd St under her maiden name. Source: NYT - New York, New York | |||
| Death | 23 Nov 1942 | 992 Napoli Drive - Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, California | | ||
| Burial | 23 Nov 1942 | Forest Lawn Memorial Park - Glendale, Los Angeles, California | |
Families
| Spouse | William Hugo Smalley (1906 - 1950) |
| Spouse | Rudolf Friml (1879 - 1972) |
| Child | William Francis "Frank" Friml (1921 - 1973) |
| Spouse | Gustave Schirmer III (1890 - 1965) |
| Father | William Claiborne Lawson (1868 - 1958) |
| Mother | Senie Kyle Cornett (1875 - 1967) |
| Sibling | Samuel Claiborne Lawson (1903 - 1974) |
| Sibling | Catherine Evans Lawson (1909 - 1987) |
Notes
Divorce
Listing herself as single in May 1, 1926 ships manifest coincides with the end of her husband's two year probationary period to become a citizen. A newspaper announced that he was engaged to his next wife in Feb. 1926.Endnotes
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