Eileen Huban (1896 or 1897 – October 22, 1935) was an American actress, active in New York City in the 1910s and 1920s.
Eileen Huban | |
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 Eileen Huban, from a 1917 publication | |
| Born | 1896 or 1897 |
| Died | October 22, 1935 (aged 38) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actress |
Early life and education
editHuban was born in Gort, Loughrea, Ireland.[1] She was the youngest of nine children of Michael Huban and Winifred Mullins Huban. She attended a convent school,[2] and moved to the United States to be with her widowed mother and sisters by 1913.[3]
Career
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Huban's first public performance was as a singer in the 1913 Irish Historic Pageant at the Lexington Avenue Armory in New York City.[4] Her New York stage credits included roles in the shows Lonesome-like (1915),[5] The Grasshopper (1917),[6] Old Friends (1917),[7] On With the Dance (1917),[8] Cheating Cheaters (1918), Crops and Croppers (1918),[9] Dark Rosaleen (1919),[10] Paddy the Next Best Thing (1920),[11] Hindle Wakes (1922), King Henry IV, Part I (1926), Window Panes (1927),[12] Mixed Marriage (1930),[13] and Troilus and Cressida (1932).[3][14] She was also seen in the silent film Find the Woman (1922).
"She is lovely to behold, a person naturally eloquent and dramatic," wrote a New York Times reviewer in 1917. "She plays with a grateful simplicity and directness, and she has a certain eeriness that is fascinating."[14] "Her voice is a fine mezzo-soprano with unusual range and power," noted the Baltimore Sun in 1919, while also remarking on her "large dark-blue eyes" and "dark brown curls".[1]
Huban served several three-year terms on the board of directors of the Actors' Fidelity League.[15]
Personal life
editHuban died in 1935, after six months of illness, at the age of 38, in New York City.[14]
Her grand-niece is the actress Susan Sullivan. [16]
References
edit- ^ a b "Eileen Huban Who Plays Leading Role in Irish Comedy, is Real Irish Lassie". The Baltimore Sun. October 26, 1919. p. 34. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Eileen Huban Leaves Convent for Stage; Had Never Been Inside a Theater Until Four Years Ago". Star Tribune. June 29, 1919. p. 51. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b "The Story of Eileen Huban". The New York Times. May 4, 1919. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Burns, Catherine M. (April 26, 2016). "For an Irish National Theater in New York". The Gotham Center for New York City History. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "For an Irish Theatre in America". The Theatre. 22 (173): 14. July 1915.
- ^ "In the Spotlight: Eileen Huban" The Theatre 26(July 1917): 23.
- ^ White Studio, "An Evening with J. M. Barrie" (1917 photograph), in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
- ^ "Scene in Michael Morton's Drama 'On With the Dance' at the Republic". Theatre Magazine. 26 (202): 341. December 1917.
- ^ "Miss Huban's Rapid Rise". New York Herald. August 29, 1920. p. 41. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Abbe, James Edward, "Eileen Huban as Moya McKillop in 'Dark Rosaleen'" (1919 photograph), in the collection of the Museum of the City of New York.
- ^ Mantle, Burns (November 1920). "Feminists in the Drama". The Green Book Magazine. 24 (5): 71.
- ^ "Plays & Players". Brooklyn Life and Activities of Long Island Society. February 12, 1927. p. 18. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "'Mixed Marriage', By St. John Ervine, At the Boulevard". Times Union. April 15, 1930. p. 10. Retrieved August 23, 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ a b c "Eileen Huban Dies; Noted as Actress; Her Performance in 1917 Play, 'The Grasshopper,' Won Cheers of Audience". The New York Times. October 24, 1935. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Actors' Fidelity Elects; Holbrook Blinn, President, and Howard Kyle, Secretary". The New York Times. May 30, 1928. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Susan's Sure of Self". The Pittsburgh Press. April 23, 1972. Retrieved September 27, 2023.