Taylor, Laurette

Taylor, Laurette

▪ American actress
née Loretta Cooney
born April 1, 1884, New York, N.Y., U.S.
died Dec. 7, 1946, New York City

      American actress whose stage career spanned more than 30 years.

      Under the name La Belle Laurette, Taylor made her childhood stage debut in Lynn, Mass. Her first significant work was in a 1903 Boston production of The Child Wife, a play that was written for her by her first husband, Charles A. Taylor. She made her New York City debut later that year as Flossie Cooper in From Rags to Riches. Her first real success came in the role of Rose Lane in Alias Jimmy Valentine (1910), followed by the part of Luana in The Bird of Paradise (1912). In 1912 she married the dramatist J. Hartley Manners and won acclaim in the title role in his play Peg O' My Heart (1912), which she performed in New York City and other cities. The close working relationship between actress and playwright continued in Out There (1917), Happiness (1918), and One Night in Rome (1919).

      In her early career Taylor performed chiefly as a sentimental comedienne. During the 1920s her New York City engagements included the title role in Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1923) and Rose in Trelawny of the Wells (1925). She appeared in the Chicago production of The Comedienne (1927) and returned to Broadway with The Furies (1928). Her husband's death in 1928 caused her to leave the theatre for several years, and she performed only occasionally for a decade after that. Eventually, in 1945, she appeared in the role of Amanda in the New York City production of The Glass Menagerie, in which her performance won special acclaim.

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