Gillette, William, 1853-1937
Variant namesAmerican actor and author.
From the description of Autograph letters and cards signed (7) and typewritten letters signed (8) : Hadlyme, Conn., etc., to William H. Briggs and others at Harper & Brothers, 1927 Jan. 2-1928 May 1. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269589041
From the description of Autograph letter signed : [n.p.], to the Editor of the Hartford Courant, 1889 Feb. 12. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269575084
American actor and playwright.
From the description of To my Little Love : autograph poem unsigned : [New York], sent to Elsie Leslie, 1889 Jan. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 269600608
William Gillette, playwright.
From the description of That little affair at the Boyd's: typescript, n.d. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122414935
From the description of Sherlock Holmes: typescript, 1981 September. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 86164351
Stage actor best known for playing Sherlock Holmes, and building Gillette Castle in Hadlyme, Connecticut.
From the description of William Gillette correspondence and notes, 1933-1937. (Hartford Public Library). WorldCat record id: 124514708
Actor and dramatist.
From the description of Letter of William Gillette, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79450467
William Hooker Gillette (1853-1937), the youngest child of Francis Gillette and Elizabeth Daggett Hooker, was born near Nook Farm in Hartford, Connecticut. A major force in late 19th and and early 20th century American theater, Gillette introduced many innovations including natural speech, underacting, the "fade-out," and many sound effects such a horse's hoofbeats. He wrote twenty full-length plays, mostly melodramas or farces, and starred in nine. His most famous plays were "The Professor" and "Sherlock Holmes." He performed "Holmes" 1,300 times between 1899 and 1930. In 1903, twelve different theater companies around the world simultaneously performed "Holmes." It grossed $1 .5 million during this time. Gillette's total lifetime earnings reached more than three million dollars.
Gillette married Helen Nickles (Nichols) of Detroit in Windsor, Ontario in 1882. She died tragically in 1888 of a ruptured appendix on a return trip to Hartford from a western tour of "The Professor." They had no children. Gillette never remarried. He died of pulmonary hemorrhage and is buried beside his wife at Riverside Cemetery in Farmington.
From the description of Papers, 1884-1935. (Connecticut State Library). WorldCat record id: 63167449
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referencedIn | A. P. Watt and Son records, 1861-1971, 1880-1949 | The New York Public Library. Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. | |
referencedIn | Abraham H. Sarasohn Papers, 1902-1943. | Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library | |
referencedIn | Alexander Woollcott correspondence, ca. 1856-1943 (inclusive), 1920-1943 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
referencedIn | Barrère, Camille, 1851-1940,. Meredith Johnson autograph collection, 1920-1934. | University of Virginia. Library | |
referencedIn | Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886. Papers, 1850-1946 (inclusive). | Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America | |
referencedIn | Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930. Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1925. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
referencedIn | British theatrical autograph album, 1900? | ||
referencedIn | Cairns, J. Actors' portraits, 1901-1902. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
creatorOf | Century Magazine. Correspondence of the editors of the Century Magazine [manuscript], 1883-1900. | University of Virginia. Library | |
creatorOf | Cheney family. Letters, 1778-1933 | Connecticut Historical Society |
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associatedWith | A. P. Watt and Son |
associatedWith | Aunt Polly (Houseboat) |
associatedWith | Barrie, J. M. (James Matthew), 1860-1937 |
associatedWith | Beecher, James Chaplin, 1828-1886. |
associatedWith | Bernstein, Henry, 1876-1953. |
associatedWith | Bisson, Alexandre, 1848-1912. |
associatedWith | Bok, Edward William, 1863-1930. |
associatedWith | Briggs, H. |
associatedWith | Briggs, William H., |
associatedWith | Burpee, Charles W. (Charles Winslow), b. 1859. |
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Birth 1853-07-24
Death 1937-04-29
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