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Show Joe Murphy Marries at 70. A Philadelphia dispatch has announced an-nounced the marriage of Joseph Murphy, Mur-phy, the veteran Irish-American actor Friends of Joseph, famed for hi work in "Kerry Gow," and reputed to be worth $3,000,000, were surprised 0 learn that he had been married in San Antonio. Cal., to MissMay Frvmie- an actress, whose home is in Philadelphia Murphy is 70 yea.s old, and his bride Js Miss Frymier is known on the stae as May Firmier. She is the daughter of John E. Frymier of the firm of "Frymier "Fry-mier & Edwards. formerly coffee roasters of Philadelphia. At the t.'rre o" the marriage she vas on a our with Grace George In "A Woman's Way." This was her second season v.Mth Grace George. Befor that she was lending woman in the company headed by .Tames J. Corbett. ! Joseph Murnhy was born' in Brooklyn Brook-lyn in im. H was well known, n .1 onlv in tbr.t citv. but throughout the United Stater. His best plays Kerry Gow" and "Shaun Rhua." Miss f Frymier played in these shows fou; years. Mr. Murphy started in life as a waiter, working in a restaurant in Sacramento, Cal. The restaurant was burned out and Mr. Murphy went V. work is a fisherman. At nigat he spent his time practicing with bee: ribs until he became proficient in the minstrels' art. He went into the minstrelsy min-strelsy business and proved successful. success-ful. Then he essayed the "legitimate," playing in "Help" and "Maun Crea." His baptismal names were William Lawrence, but after he went into the tneatrocel business these were replaced by "Joseph." A theatrical agent, in making up a program, had forgotten Muruphy's iirst name, and, being in a hurry, gave him the name of "Joe," which remained throughout the rest of his stage career. Joseph Murphy has been noted for years as an actor of Irish character, but for some time has not appeared pn the stage. In the drama called The Kerry Gow" he made a fortune, and his singing of the song, "A Handful Hand-ful of Earth," was almost always encored. en-cored. In "Shaun Rhue" Mr. Murphy was also popular, and in recent years he has seldom varied from these two plays. Though possessed of generous disposition. Murphy has been thrifty withal, and it is now said his estate is up in the millions. |
