*EARLY PETER PAN ACTRESS RARE MAGNIFICENT PAULINE CHASE 1906 PHOTO*

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A magnificent original circa 1906 photographic postcard of the great early Peter Pan actress Pauline Chase. Chase was in the original Peter Pan cast and played the role of Peter Pan between 1906 and 1914. Light wear otherwise good. See Pauline Chase's extraordinary biography below.
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From Wikipedia:
Pauline Chase
(May 20, 1885 – March 15, 1962) was an American actress who performed on the stage in both the United States and the
United Kingdom
. She is known for her extended run in the title role of British productions of
Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up
.
Biography
She was born
Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss
in
Washington, D.C.
on May 20, 1885. She was schooled at the Convent of the
Sisters of the Holy Cross
in New York.
[1]
[2]
She began acting at the age of 15. She played one of the
Lost Boys
in the debut of
Peter Pan
in London in 1904. She was later selected by producer
Charles Frohman
and playwright
J. M. Barrie
for the title role, which she played from 1906–1913.
[2]
[3]
She retired from the stage after the Christmas run of
Peter Pan
ended in 1913 to marry banker Captain
Alexander Victor Drummond
. They had three children.
[2]
She came out of retirement in 1916 for her only screen appearance in
The Real Thing at Last
, a satirical film scripted by Barrie and shown at a benefit for the
YMCA
, attended by members of the British royal family.
[2]
She was said to have had an affair with explorer
Robert Falcon Scott
before he was married.
[1]
She died in
Royal Tunbridge Wells
, England in 1962.