Louis Mann
Louis Mann | |
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| File:Louis Mann, stage actor. Baker.jpg Mann in 1901 | |
| Born | April 20, 1865 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | February 15, 1931 (aged 65) New York City, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Actor, director |
| Years active | 1916–1922 |
| Spouse | Clara Lipman |
| Relatives | Nathaniel Mann (brother) |
Louis Mann (20 April 1865 – 15 February 1931) was an American theatre actor and sometime director, who in his later life made a few appearances in motion pictures. He was married to actress and playwright Clara Lipman.
History
In 1906, Mann appeared in his wife's play Julie Bonbon, which opened at Lew M. Field Theatre, New York. He appeared in all five of his wife's works, staging her final piece Nature's Nobleman.[2] By 1914, Mann appeared in his first moving picture, Giles Warren's Your Girl and Mine: A Woman Suffrage Play. In 1918 Mann appeared in his most notable role, that of Karl Pfeifer, in Aaron Hoffman's stage play Friendly Enemies. His most notable film role was The Sins of the Children (1930) opposite Robert Montgomery and Leila Hyams. His brothers were also in show business: Sam Mann was a comic actor and Nathaniel Mann was a theatrical composer and songwriter.[3][4]
Notes
- ↑ "Daily Illini" (Digital copy). Illinois Digital Newspaper Collections. January 8, 1911. p. 7. Retrieved July 20, 2015.
- ↑ "Nature's Nobleman". Internet Broadway Database.
- ↑ Freiberger, Edward (1912). "Strange Theatrical Coincidences". The Theatre. p. 70.
- ↑ Will Rogers; Steven K. Gragert; M. Jane Johansson (2001). The Papers of Will Rogers: From Vaudeville to Broadway: September 1908-August 1915. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 223. ISBN 978-0-8061-3315-7.
External links
- Louis Mann at the Internet Broadway Database
- Louis Mann at IMDb
