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| goodwin, nathaniel carl | |
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| 1919 deaths | |
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In 1876, he appeared at the New York Lyceum in ''Off the Stage'' where he imitated a number of popular actors of the period. A hit in the Burlesque ''Black-eyed Susan'' led to his taking part in Rice and Goodwin's Evangeline company. It was at this time that he married Eliza Weathersby (d. 1887), an English actress with whom he played in B. E. Woollf's ''Hobbies''. It was not until 1889, however, that Nat Goodwin's talent as a comedian of the legitimate type began to be recognized. From that time he appeared in a number of plays designed to display his drily humorous method, such as Brander Matthew's and George H. Jessop's ''A Gold Mine'', Henry Guy Carleton's ''A Gilded Fool and Ambition'', H. V. Esmond's ''When We Were Twenty-one'', and others. He also found success in more serious works such as Augustus Thomas 's ''In Mizzoura'' and Clyde Fitch 's ''Nathan Hale''. Until 1903 he was associated in his performances with his third wife, the actress Maxine Elliott (b. 1873), whom he married in 1898; this marriage was dissolved in 1908. He acted in a handful of films between 1912 and 1916. He died in New York City. REFERENCES Hartnoll, Phyllis, ed. The Oxford Companion to the Theatre. 4th edition. London:Oxford UP, 1983. p. 342. EXTERNAL LINKS IMDB listing |
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