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| '''Alice Kingsbury Cooley''' (1839-1910) was a British-born American actress, author, and poet, of ]. | '''Alice Kingsbury Cooley''' (1839-1910) was a British-born American actress, author, and poet, of ]. | ||
| Alice Kingsbury was born December 31, 1840, in England |
Alice Kingsbury was born December 31, 1840, in England.<ref name="Herringshaw1898">{{cite book |last1=Herringshaw |first1=Thomas William |title=Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation |date=1898 |publisher=American Publishers' Association |page=247 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uDQxAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA247 |access-date=14 January 2025 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref><ref name="American1914">{{cite book |last1=Herringshaw |first1=Thomas William |title=American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of 1914 |date=1914 |publisher=American Publishers Association |page=240 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8_QRAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA240 |access-date=14 January 2025 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
| Cooley was characterized as a bright ], the darling of the public.<ref name="Mighels1893">{{cite book |last1=Mighels |first1=Ella Sterling |last2=World's Columbian Exposition |title=The story of the files; a review of Californian writers and literature |date=1893 |publisher=Cooperative Printing Co. |via=Internet Archive |location=San Francisco |pages=29-30 |url=https://archive.org/details/storyoffilesrevi00mighrich/page/29 |access-date=14 January 2025 |language=en}} {{Source-attribution}}</ref> For several years, she was an actress in such plays as ''Fanchon'', ''Juliette'', and others, and starred in the the United States and Canada.<ref name="Herringshaw1898" /><ref name="American1914" /> She also appeared in ''Cupid at Play'' and the ''Sleeping Bacchus''.<ref name="Mighels1893" /> | |||
| After she retired to domestic life, raising a family, she modeled small shapes in clay, which were put into plaster.<ref name="Mighels1893" /> | |||
| She was the author of a child's book entitled ''Ho for Elfland'', which sold two thousand copies in San Francisco;<ref name="Mighels1893" /> and a work for adults entitled ''Asaph'', an historical novel of ancient Jerusalem.<ref name="Herringshaw1898" /><ref name="American1914" /> ''Secrets Told'' included sarcasm on social questions.<ref name="Mighels1893" /> | |||
| ==Selected works== | ==Selected works== | ||
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Alice Kingsbury Cooley (1839-1910) was a British-born American actress, author, and poet, of New York City.
Alice Kingsbury was born December 31, 1840, in England.
Cooley was characterized as a bright soubrette, the darling of the public. For several years, she was an actress in such plays as Fanchon, Juliette, and others, and starred in the the United States and Canada. She also appeared in Cupid at Play and the Sleeping Bacchus.
After she retired to domestic life, raising a family, she modeled small shapes in clay, which were put into plaster.
She was the author of a child's book entitled Ho for Elfland, which sold two thousand copies in San Francisco; and a work for adults entitled Asaph, an historical novel of ancient Jerusalem. Secrets Told included sarcasm on social questions.
Selected works
- Ho! for Elf-land! (San Francisco, A. L. Bancroft & Company, 1878) (text)
- Secrets Told: With Twenty-Two Piquant Illustrations From Life (San Francisco, Alta California Printing House, 1879) (text)
- Asaph: An Historical Novel (New York, United States Book Company, 1890) (text)
References
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1898). Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography of the Nineteenth Century: Accurate and Succinct Biographies of Famous Men and Women in All Walks of Life who are Or Have Been the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States Since Its Formation. American Publishers' Association. p. 247. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ Herringshaw, Thomas William (1914). American Blue-book of Biography: Prominent Americans of 1914. American Publishers Association. p. 240. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
- ^ Mighels, Ella Sterling; World's Columbian Exposition (1893). The story of the files; a review of Californian writers and literature. San Francisco: Cooperative Printing Co. pp. 29–30. Retrieved 14 January 2025 – via Internet Archive. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.