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Ethel Dovey
American actress and singer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethel Dovey (January 12, 1882 – November 20, 1920) was an American singer and stage actress. Dovey was born into a large family and had two brothers and four sisters, one of which was Alice Dovey who she spent most of her childhood with training to be a singer. Her talent for dramatics was spotted at an early age and her maternal grandfather insisted that she and her sister be trained under the best teachers. For their talent to be realized, the sisters lived in London for part of their childhood, occasionally returning to America to visit family.
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Born | Ethel Dovey (1882-01-12)January 12, 1882 |
Died | November 20, 1920(1920-11-20) (aged 38) |
Occupation(s) | Singer, Actress |
Years active | 1895–1912 |
Spouses | Fred C. Truesdell (m. 1909)Willis M. Palmer
(m. 1918; death 1920) |
Relatives | Alice Dovey (sister) William Kennish (great-grandfather) |
As an adult, she enrolled at the Chicago Musical College and graduated in 1901 with a Joseph Jefferson award for dramatic art. She would frequently visit Nebraska City in Nebraska to perform in concerts and during the period 1902–1912, was recognized as a musical stage star. In 1908, she performed in the theater production The District Leader, where she met her future husband, Fred Truesdell, who she eloped with to marry in February 1909. She had two daughters to Truesdell and later married Willis M. Palmer.
Due to poor health, she retired from the stage in 1912 and spent time traveling before her death at home in Des Moines, Iowa on November 20, 1920.