Lucy Beaumont (actress)

Lucy Beaumont
Lucy Beaumont
	Beaumont, c. 1930
Born	Lucy Emily Pinkstone; 18 May 1869; Bristol, England
Died	24 April 1937 (aged 67); New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1937; her death
Spouse(s)	Captain Arthur Douglas Vigors Harris (his death); William Alfred Beaumont

Lucy Beaumont (born Lucy Emily Pinkstone; 18 May 1869^[1] – 24 April 1937) was an English actress of the stage and screen from Bristol.

Biography

On Broadway, Beaumont played Lady Emily Lyons in The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) and Mrs. Barwick in Berkeley Square (1925).^[2] Later she appeared in the film version of Berkeley Square.^[3]^{[better source needed]} During the 1914–15 season Beaumont was in My Lady's Dress at the Playhouse in New York. The following season she was featured in Quinneys, for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in Little Lady in Blue.^[4]

Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her films are The Greater Glory (1926), with Conway Tearle, The Man Without A Country (1925), with Pauline Starke, Torrent (1926), with Ricardo Cortez, The Beloved Rogue, with John Barrymore, Resurrection (1927), with Dolores del Río, The Crowd (1928), with Eleanor Boardman and Maid of Salem (1937), her final motion picture, with Claudette Colbert. Her final professional appearance was in April 1937 on the Robert L. Ripley radio programme.

Beaumont's films spanned a variety of genres.^[1]

Personal life

Beaumont was married to Captain Douglas Vigors until his death.^[1] She had no children. She died in 1937 at the Royalton Hotel in New York City. She had been in America for 20 years prior to her death.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

Sandy Burke of the U-Bar-U (1919) - Widow Mackey
Ashes of Vengeance (1923) - Charlotte
Lucretia Lombard (1923) - Mrs. Winship
Enemies of Children (1923)
Cupid's Fireman (1923) - Mother
The Good Bad Boy (1924) - Mrs. Benson
The Last of the Duanes (1924) - Bland's Wife
The Family Secret (1924) - Miss Abigail Selfridge
As No Man Has Loved (1925) - Mrs. Nolan
The Trouble with Wives (1925) - Grace's Mother
Torrent (1926) - Doña Pepa
The Greater Glory (1926) - Tante Ilde
Along Came Auntie (1926, Short) - Aunt Alvira
Men of the Night (1926) - Mrs. Abbott
The Old Soak (1926) - Mrs. Hawley
The Fighting Failure (1926)
Savage Passions (1926)
The Love Wager (1927)
The Beloved Rogue (1927) - Villon's Mother
Resurrection (1927) - Aunt Sophya
Closed Gates (1927) - Mary Newell
Stranded (1927) - Grandmother
The Thirteenth Hour (1927) - Woman strangled at mansion (uncredited)
Hook and Ladder No. 9 (1927) - Mother Smith
Outcast Souls (1928) - Mrs. Mary Davis
Comrades (1928) - Mrs. Dixon
The Crowd (1928) - Mother
The Little Yellow House (1928) - Mrs. Milburn
A Bit of Heaven (1928) - Aunt Priscilla
The Branded Man (1928) - The Mother
Stool Pigeon (1928) - Mrs. Wells
The Greyhound Limited (1929) - Mrs. Williams - Bill's Mother
Sonny Boy (1929) - Mother Thorpe
Hardboiled Rose (1929) - Grandmama Duhamel
One Splendid Hour (1929) - Mother Kelly
The Ridin' Demon (1929) - Mrs. Riordan
The Girl in the Show (1929) - Lorna Montrose
Scarlet Pages (1930) - Martha, Mary's housekeeper(uncredited)
A Free Soul (1931) - Grandma Ashe
Caught Plastered (1931) - Mother Talley
New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931) - Mrs. Dalrymple - Cleaning Lady (uncredited)
Three Wise Girls (1932) - Mrs. Barnes, Cassie's Mother
Cheaters at Play (1932)
Disorderly Conduct (1932) - Mrs. Fay (uncredited)
State's Attorney (1932) - Member of the Jury (uncredited)
The Midnight Lady (1932) - Grandma Austin
Is My Face Red? (1932) - Geraldine Tucker (uncredited)
Movie Crazy (1932) - Mrs. Hall
Thrill of Youth (1932) - Grandma Thayer
His Double Life (1933) - Mrs. Leek
Blind Justice (1934) - Mrs. Summers
Temptation (1934) - Headmistress
Condemned to Live (1935) - Mother Molly
False Pretenses (1935) - Miss Milgrim
The Devil-Doll (1936) - Mme. Lavond
Maid of Salem (1937) - Rebecca - Nurse (final film role)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Katchmer, George A. (2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Lucy Beaumont". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.
^ "Berkeley Square - New York (1929)". Inafferrabile Leslie Howard. Retrieved 24 August 2017.
^ Howell, H. Thomas (2014). Eleanor's Pursuit. Archway Publishing. p. 323. ISBN 9781480812147.

Sources

Lima Daily News, "Along Broadway", 3 October 1917, pg 3.
The New York Times, Lucy Beaumont Dies; Actress Many Years, 25 April 1937, pg. 42

External links

[bd-1] Katchmer, George A. (2015). A Biographical Dictionary of Silent Film Western Actors and Actresses. McFarland. p. 20. ISBN 978-1-4766-0905-8. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[ibdb-2] "Lucy Beaumont". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 22 February 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2020.

[3] "Berkeley Square - New York (1929)". Inafferrabile Leslie Howard. Retrieved 24 August 2017.

[4] Howell, H. Thomas (2014). Eleanor's Pursuit. Archway Publishing. p. 323. ISBN 9781480812147.

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