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Show NOTED ACTRESS DIES IN LONDON Genevieve Ward, Tragedienne, Trage-dienne, Met and Conquered Genuine Tragedy I.ONDOX, Aug. 18. (By the, Associated Asso-ciated Press.) Genevieve Ward, famous fa-mous American actress died of heart fa llil re today at her homo in Ilamp-stead. Ilamp-stead. GencYlevo Ward, American trage-i trage-i dlcnhe, affectionately known to the theatrical fraternity as ""The Grand Old Dame of the Stage," endeared herself to millions of theatre-goers in ftvery corner of the world during the 55 years she appeared before the public In .-.Irnost every role from grand opera to light comedy. Groat as she proved to be in mock tragedy, she was nono tbo less remarkable re-markable for the Indomitable courage With which she ment and conquered genuine tragedy when it appeared in her own life. Either of two events occurring while she was still quite young might have overwhelmed a heart less stout. The first of these was an unfortunate marriage at the ! age of 17 to Count Constantino do i Guorbel, of Russia, from whom she separated and the second was tin-complete tin-complete loss of her singing voice through an attack of diphtheria af- ter her success In grand Opera had ucen assuri'ii. OOPJ R CAREER l.Ml.I. Madam Ward studied singing In Italy and In Paris, making her first appearance in Palrofs opera "SterT i dl Xapoli," under the stage name of Mme-Jnevra uerrabella, Warmly received by Italian audiences, audi-ences, she continued through two more seasons before going to Paris lo take the part of Elvira In 'Hon Giovanni." Then she appeared In London concerts where her success was striking. Born in Now York, March 87, isas. daughter of Colonel Samuel ward and granddaughter of Gideon T.oo once mayor of Now York. Madam Ward seemed to feel In the beginning that .she found more sympathy sym-pathy f.rotn foreign audiences, but this proved to be an illusion. Returning to America In 1S62. She made her firsl appearanve as Vloletta In "I. a Traviata." The next season :di' appeared In Guba and It was here that the' attack of diphtheria brought her operatic career to a premature pre-mature close. in X73 she returned to England bent upon trying her hand at acting and recorded an instantaneous success suc-cess in her first appearance on the dramatic stage as Lady .Macbeth in the Theatre Royal. Manchester Deciding to revisit the United states she made her first appearance on the American dramatic stage, it Ki. ..the's theatre) New York, in i v 7 s taking tbo part of Jane Shore in i play hy that name and following it with several Bhakeerjea.reft.n n.-irfs On her return to London In 1X79 she appeared in numerous roles, terminating ter-minating her almost uninterrupted activities extending back 44 years with her performance as Mrs. Sea- brook In "Captain swift." although she continued to appear intermittently intermit-tently for the next 11 years. London. England, has been the I adontcd home of Madam Ward sinco moo. |