Genevieve Townsend | |
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Born | December 4, 1897 |
Died | May 1, 1927 | (aged 29)
Other names | Genevieve Schmich, Genevieve Smeek |
Occupation(s) |
Film actor stage actor |
Years active | 1925 - 1927 |
Genevieve Schmich (December 4, 1897 – May 1, 1927), known professionally as Genevieve Smeek and Genevieve Townsend, was an American stage and film actress. [1] She was born in Freeport, Illinois and attended Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in English and English Literature. [2] After graduating in 1920, she moved to Britain, where she joined Frank Benson's theatre company. During the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films. She died in Switzerland, of tuberculosis, at the age of 29 in 1927. [3]
In 1928, Mount Holyoke College established the Genevieve Schmich Award in her honor. [4]
Trewin, J. C. (1960). Benson and the Bensonians. London: Barrie and Rockliff.