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Trixie Friganza

Known For
Acting

Known Credits
23

Gender
Female

Birthday
November 29, 1870 (155 years old)

Place of Birth
Grenola, Kansas, USA

Trixie Friganza

Biography

Trixie Friganza (November 29, 1870 – February 27, 1955), born Delia O’Callaghan, began her career as an operetta soubrette working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit.

She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic and retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns. She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent. She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons (played "Aramanthe Dedincourt") and is most well-known for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes (or Vokins?) in The Orchid, Mrs. Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris, for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912, and of course her unforgettable run as a vaudeville headliner. During the height of her career, she used her fame to promote social, civic, and political issues of importance, such as self-love and the Suffragist movement.

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Known For

Acting

1997Vaudevilleas Self (archive footage)
1940If I Had My Wayas Trixie Friganza
1937How to Undress in Front of Your Husbandas Trixie
1936Silks and Saddlesas Aunt Agatha Braddock
1935Wanderer of the Wastelandas Big Jo
1933Myrt and Margeas Mrs. Minter
1930The March of Timeas Self - Old Timer Sequence
1930The Unholy Threeas Lady Customer (uncredited)
1930Estrelladosas Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
1930Strong and Willingas
1930Free and Easyas Ma
1929My Bag o' Tricksas
1928Thanks for the Buggy Rideas Actress
1928Gentlemen Prefer Blondesas Mrs. Spoffard
1927A Racing Romeoas Aunt Hattie
1926The Whole Town's Talkingas Mrs. George Simmons
1926Almost a Ladyas Mrs. Reilly
1926Monte Carloas Flossie Payne
1925The Road to Yesterdayas Harriet Tyrell
1925Borrowed Fineryas Mrs. Brown
1925Proud Fleshas Mrs. McKee
1925The Charmeras Mama
1923Mind Over Motoras Tish

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