Grisella Kingsland
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| Born | Grisella de Courcy Kingsland February 13, 1882 San Francisco, California |
| Died | March 8, 1955 San Francisco, California |
| Other names | Griselle Kingsland, Griselda Kingsland, Grisella Chrystie |
| Occupation | Actress |
Grisella de Courcy Kingsland (February 13, 1882 – March 8, 1955) was an American actress based in San Francisco.
Early life
[edit]Grisella Kingsland was born in San Francisco, the daughter of James Eli Camp Kingsland and Olivia de Courcy Kingsland. Her mother was an artist from Brooklyn.[1] Her father was a sea captain from New Jersey. Grisella and her three siblings were children when their father died in 1889.[2]
Career
[edit]Kingsland was a stage actress, mostly on the San Francisco stage and touring with the Ferris Hartman Company on the West Coast, in soubrette roles.[3] Her appearances included roles in Wang (1908),[4] The Toymaker (1908),[5] The King Maker (1908),[6] The Girl from Paris (1909),[7] A Chinese Honeymoon (1909),[8] The Tenderfoot (1909),[9] It Happened in Nordland (1909),[10] and The Mayor of Tokio (1909).[11]
Early in her career, Kingsland toured in New Zealand and Australia with the Josephine Stanton Company.[12] She performed vaudeville acts with dancer Genevieve "Ginger" Love,[13] and with Christine Neilson.[14] She also toured with Luisa Tetrazzini's company in Mexico.[15]
Personal life
[edit]Kingsland married three times. Her first husband was William David Stein; they married in 1903 in Melbourne,[16][17] and he died at sea in 1904, the same year their son, William David Kingsland Stein, was born. Her second husband was fellow performer Daun H. Seaton; they married and divorced in 1908.[15] Her third husband was Percival H. Chrystie, a steel executive and banker in New Jersey;[18] they married in 1913[19] and he died by suicide in 1932.[20][14]
In 1934 Kingsland was on a cruise in the Mediterranean when she was robbed by "bandits" near Jerusalem.[21] Her son died in 1951,[22] and she died in 1955, aged 73 years, in San Francisco.[18][23]
References
[edit]- ^ "Olivia DeCourcy Kingsland". askART. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ Descendants of Sir Patrick Barnewall Kingsland (2019).
- ^ "Comic Opera Coming for Winter Season". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-11-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Plays and Players". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-12-06. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Singer Loves Los Angeles". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-12-27. p. 51. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Anthony, Walter (June 16, 1908). "'King Maker' is a Huge Success". San Francisco Call. p. 6. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Untitled theatre item". Los Angeles Herald. 1909-02-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Music and the Stage". The Los Angeles Times. 1909-02-23. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Grand Opera House". Los Angeles Herald. 1909-01-17. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Ferris Hartman, Famous Comedian of Old Tivoli Comes Here Tonight in 'It Happened in Nordland'". The Fresno Morning Republican. 1909-05-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Music and Drama". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1909-04-20. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "A Letter from a Lady in the Josephine Stanton Co". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1901-08-16. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ "Genevieve 'Ginger' Love (obituary)". The San Francisco Examiner. 1953-11-03. p. 35. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
- ^ a b "Chrystie, Ill, Kills Himself". The San Francisco Examiner. 1932-03-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "Stage Romance Rudely Shattered". The San Francisco Call. 1908-09-10. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "WEDDING". Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935). 1903-02-28. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Trove.
- ^ "ORANGE BLOSSOM". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 1903-02-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Trove.
- ^ a b "Mrs. G. Chrystie". The Courier-News. 1955-04-09. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Marriage Licenses". San Francisco Call. June 27, 1913. p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
- ^ "Hunterdon County Wills Probated". The Courier-News. 1932-04-15. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "S. F. Man's Sister Tells of Robbery by Arab Bandits". The San Francisco Examiner. 1934-04-06. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Obituary for William D Stein". The San Francisco Examiner. 1951-12-17. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Chrystie (Kingsland) (death notice)". The San Francisco Examiner. 1955-03-10. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
