Suzanne Caubet (September 27, 1898 – June 1980), also known as Suzanne Caubaye, was a French actress, singer, and writer.
Suzanne Caubet | |
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 Suzanne Caubet, from a 1927 midweek pictorial publication | |
| Born | September 27, 1898 |
| Died | 1980 Englewood, New Jersey |
| Nationality | French |
| Other names | Suzanne Caubaye, Suzanne Caubet Wilbur (after marriage), S. C. Wilbur, Jeanne Caubannes (pen name) |
| Occupation(s) | actress, singer, writer |
| Years active | 1917-1955 |
| Known for | stage career; protégée of Sarah Bernhardt |
Early life
editSuzanne Caubet was born in Lévignac to French parents.[1] She was raised in Paris, and knew her godmother[2] Sarah Bernhardt through her father Prospere Caubet and uncle, Georges Deneubourg, both actors.[3] She was a child actor and traveled with Bernhardt's company to the United States, where Caubet stayed after 1919.[4][5]
Career
editCaubet was based in New York as an actress.[6] "Miss Caudet has the distinct advantage of being a striking brunette," the New York Times observed of her appearance in 1919.[7] She appeared on Broadway in Du Theatre au Champ D'Honneur (1917), Easy Terms (1925), The Squall (1926-1927),[8] Ringside (1928), Seven (1929-1930), The Plutocrat (1930), Dancing Partner (1930), The Great Barrington (1931), Angeline Moves In (1932), Singapore (1932), The Monster (1933), Another Love (1934), Broadway Interlude (1934), Symphony (1935), American Holiday (1936), Claudia (1942), It's a Gift (1945), and Mid-Summer (1953).[9]
In 1955 she appeared in "The File Clerk", an episode of the television anthology series I Spy.
Writing
editCaubet wrote a play with Anne Partridge, Our Sarah (1945), about Sarah Bernhardt,[10] and comedies Riri (1929, with Daniel Auschitzky),[11] and Just You, Madame (1932).[12] She also adapted Daniel Auschitzky's Hide and Seek (1929).[13] Under the pseudonym "Jeanne Caubannes" she wrote Ranah (1928) with Wood Soanes.[14]
Other activities
editIn 1938 Caubet was teaching in the drama department at Marymount College and directing a Christmas pageant at the school.[15] In 1942, she served as a French language specialist for the wartime Postal Censorship Office, while also appearing in a Broadway show.[16]
Personal life
editSuzanne Caubet married actor and playwright Crane Wilbur in 1922. They divorced in 1928.[17] She died in 1980, aged 81 years, at the Actors' Fund Home in Englewood, New Jersey. Her papers are archived in the New York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division.[18]
References
edit- ^ Wood Soanes, "Curtain Calls" Oakland Tribune (May 17, 1926): 40. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "S. R. O." The Independent (February 7, 1920): 215.
- ^ "Bernhardt's Niece Comes as Star at Fulton" Oakland Tribune (June 1, 1922): 11. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Suzanne Caubet" Theatre Magazine (February 1919): 97.
- ^ Ruth Moore, "Suzanne Caubaye, Star in 'Red Mill', Inspired in Art by her Godmother, Sarah Bernhardt" The St. Louis Star and Times (August 14, 1936): 8. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "New French Players in New York" La France (November 1919): 71.
- ^ "Suzanne Caubet Appears" New York Times (June 4, 1919): 18.
- ^ Gerald Bordman, American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama 1914-1930 (Oxford University Press 1995): 302-303. ISBN 9780195090789
- ^ Gerald Bordman, American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1930-1969 (Oxford University Press 1996): 54, 66, 97, 98. ISBN 9780195090796
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (Copyright Office 1945): 2331.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (Copyright Office 1930): 60.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (Copyright Office 1932): 5628.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (Copyright Office 1930): 299.
- ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries (Copyright Office 1930): 14.
- ^ "To Give Nativity Pageant" New York Times (December 4, 1938): D8. via ProQuest
- ^ "Suzanne Caubaye of 'Claudia' May be Watching You" The Brooklyn Daily Eagle (October 11, 1942): 42. via Newspapers.com
- ^ "Divorces Crane Wilbur" New York Times (January 7, 1928): 19. via ProQuest
- ^ Suzanne Caubaye Papers, 1919-1979, Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library.
External links
edit- A 1919 Sarony photograph of Suzanne Caubet, in the collection of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
- A 1930 White Studio portrait of Suzanne Caubaye, in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
- Suzanne Caubet at the Internet Broadway Database
- Suzanne Caubet at the Internet Broadway Database
- Suzanne Caubet at IMDb