Mrs Patrick Campbell

Siān Phillips portrayed Mrs Patrick Campbell in the 1975 miniseries "Jennie: Lady Randolph Churchill," which starred Lee Remick.
. She and her first husband had two children, Beo and Stella. She died in Westport, Connecticut. She died in Pau, France. Her later years were spent in relative solitude with only occasional appearances guest-starring on television and in small movie roles. In her later years, Mrs Patrick Campbell made notable appearances in motion pictures, including "One More River" (1934), "Rip Tide" (1934), and "Crime and Punishment" (1935). She made one final performance on the Broadway stage as religious zealot Letitia Primrose in On the Twentieth Century, and was nominated for a Tony Award.

In 1914, she played Eliza Doolittle in the original production of Shaw's Pygmalion; though much too old for the part, she was the obvious choice, being by far the biggest name on the London stage. In 1960 she married her second husband, actor King Donovan. Fourteen years after the death of her first husband in 1900, she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West (born 1874) -- a dashing writer previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Winston Churchill -- but she continued to use "Mrs Patrick Campbell" as her stage name. Her first husband died in 1955. She made her stage debut in 1888, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell, and became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893. She also had, briefly, her own series, The Imogene Coca Show. She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner in Kensington, London, of English and Italian parents. In the early days of live television she played opposite Sid Caesar in a sketch comedy program, Your Show of Shows, which was immensely popular from 1950 to 1954.

Mrs Patrick Campbell (9th February 1865 - 9th April 1940) was a British stage actress, the most successful of her generation. She came to prominence when she began to combine music with comedy: her first big critical success was in New Faces of 1934. And they're so close together!". She came to be featured as a headliner, appearing in Manhattan nightclubs, with music arranged by her first husband, Robert Burton. On actress Norma Shearer: "She has such pretty little eyes. She moved from Philadelphia to seek a living as a dancer, starting in the chorus of the Broadway musical When You Smile. To the loquacious George Bernard Shaw: "When you were quite a little boy, somebody ought to have said 'hush' just once.". In her youth, she received piano, dance, and voice lessons.

On success: "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm.". She was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the daughter of José Fernandez de Coca, a conductor, and his wife Sadie Brady, a dancer and magician's assistant. On homosexuals: "Does it really matter what these affectionate people do, so long as they don’t do it in the streets and frighten the horses?". Imogene Coca (November 18, 1908 - June 2, 2001) was an American comic actress. The Imogene Coca Show - 1955. Your Show of Shows - 1950.

On the Twentieth Century - 1978. The Girls in 509 - 1958. Concert Varieties - 1945. All in Fun - 1940.

The Straw Hat Revue - 1939. Who's Who - 1938. New Faces of 1936 - 1936. Fools Rush In = 1934.

New Faces of 1934 - 1934. Flying Colors - 1932. Shoot the Works - 1931. Garrick Gaieties -1930.

When You Smile - 1925.