Lucy Fox

Lucy Fox
Fox in Photoplay, September 1921
Born
Lucinda Margaret Fox

October 25, 1897
New York, New York, United States
DiedMay 21, 1970 (aged 72)
Palm Beach, Florida, United States
OccupationActress
Years active1918-1926 (film)

Lucinda Margaret Fox[1][2] (October 25, 1897[3][4] – May 21, 1970) was an American actress active in the era of silent film.[5]

Early life and career

A native New Yorker,[6] Fox was the youngest of four children born to Margaret McNally and celebrated Manhattan fire fighter, Capt. George J. Fox.[2][7][8][9] At age 11, Fox got her first taste of media puffery as putative author of an extended account, published in The New York Sun, detailing the life and times of Mike, recently departed canine mascot of Engine 11, the FDNY outpost overseen by her father.[10] She later attended St. Anne's Academy in Providence, Rhode Island.[11]

In January 1921, Fox was one of a host of Hollywood players—including Dick Barthelmess, Dorothy and Lillian Gish, William Boyd, Mae Murray, Rod La Rocque and many others—appearing at New York's Hotel Astor for a New York Daily News fund-raiser benefitting New York's shoeless schoolchildren.[12] It was later that year that Fox, at the suggestion of actress Ruth Roland, first tried her hand at serials, beginning with Hurricane Hutch,[11] and following up in 1922 with Speed.[13]

Personal life and death

Fox retired from acting following her marriage, on April 14, 1925, to New York-based silk manufacturer Jules Louis Foreman.[6][14][15]

Predeceased by her husband,[16] Fox died at age 72 in Palm Beach, Florida on May 21, 1970.[17]

Partial filmography

References

  1. ^ "United States, Passport Applications, 1795-1925", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QV5Y-5MNS : Sun Mar 10 22:04:39 UTC 2024), Entry for Lucy Margaret Fox, 1922.
  2. ^ a b "United States, Census, 1900", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSKQ-7GL : Thu Apr 11 21:12:42 UTC 2024), Entry for J George Fox and Margaret Fox, 1900.
  3. ^ "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909", FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2W3H-CDR : 11 February 2018), Lucy Fox, 25 Oct 1897; citing Manhattan, New York, New York, United States, reference cn 50816 New York Municipal Archives, New York; FHL microfilm 1,322,363.
  4. ^ "United States, Social Security Numerical Identification Files (NUMIDENT), 1936-2007", database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:6KS5-3SKR : 10 February 2023), Lucy Fox Foreman, .
  5. ^ Solomon, p. 290
  6. ^ a b "Miss Compson Is to Start Making Pictures Monday; Written for Miami Setting". The Miami News. January 28, 1924. p. 9. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  7. ^ "New York, State Census, 1905", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:SPFD-GF3 : Fri Jul 26 14:58:46 UTC 2024), Entry for George I Fox and Margrett Fox, 1905.
  8. ^ "United States, Census, 1910", FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M5WR-9NW : Fri Mar 08 02:59:37 UTC 2024), Entry for George J Fox and Margarett Fox, 1910.
  9. ^ "George J. Fox, 70, Hero Fire Captain, Retired in '25, Dies". Brooklyn Eagle. May 29, 1936. p. 15. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  10. ^ "Mike, An Engine House Dog; The Captain's Little Girl Tells About Him; He Was an A1 Fireman, but Misjudgment Cost Him His Life—He Sang and Let Mabel the Cat and the Monkey Mack Plague Him—But Hear Lucy Fox!". The New York Sun. Feb 21, 1909. p. 4. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  11. ^ a b "Lucy Fox Takes Up Serials Work". Camden Courier-Post. August 29, 1921. p. 12. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  12. ^ Brown, Sally Joy (January 25, 1921). "Hotel Astor Ball Next Sunday Will Bring Joy to All; Film Stars Will Shine for Shoeless; Film Stars to Aid Shoeless". New York Daily News. p. 14. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
  13. ^ Rainey, Buck (2005). Serial Film Stars: A Biographical Dictionary, 1912-1956. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 288. ISBN 978-0-7864-7529-2.
  14. ^ Kingsley, Grace (May 1, 1924). "Flashes: Lucy Fox Engaged—Twice". The Los Angeles Times. pt. II, p. 11. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  15. ^ "Lucy Fox Is Married". Variety. April 22, 1925. p. 26. ProQuest 1505666084. Lucy Fox, of screen fame, is now the wife of Jules Louis Foreman, the marriage having taken place in New York April 14, and the couple sailing for a honeymoon abroad. Foreman is in the silk business and is the brother of Elliot Foreman, advance man and manager for theatrical attractions.
  16. ^ "Deaths and Funerals: Jules L. Foreman". Palm Beach Post. May 24, 1968. p. 7. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  17. ^ "Funeral Announcements: Lucy Fox Foreman". Palm Beach Post. May 24, 1970. p. B12. Retrieved December 4, 2024.
  18. ^ "Lucy Fox" Dramatic Mirror (June 4, 1921): 956.

Bibliography

  • Solomon, Aubrey. The Fox Film Corporation, 1915-1935: A History and Filmography. McFarland, 2011. ISBN 978-0-7864-6286-5


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