This vintage real photo postcard features actress Edith Taliaferro (1894-1958). She was an American stage and film actress in the late 19th and early 20th century. She was active on the stage until 1935. She played roles in three silent films. She is most famous for playing the role of Rebecca in the stage production of “Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm” (1910). Edith was born in Virginia. Her parents were theatre workers and her sister, Mabel, also became a stage actress. Edith made her stage debut at age two and by the time she was ten, she was performing in productions of Shakespeare. During her career, she performed in more than thirty stage productions. She appeared in sixteen Broadway shows. (SOLD)
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