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Mrs. Patrick Campbell

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Actress

The Resume

    (February 9, 1865-April 9, 1940)
    Born in London, United Kingdom
    Birth name was Beatrice Stella Tanner
    Best known for portraying Eliza Doolittle in the original production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Pygmallion' (1914)
    Also appeared on the London stage in 'The Second Mrs. Tanqueray' (1893), 'Fedora' (1895), 'Romeo and Juliet' (1896), 'Hamlet' (1897), 'Macbeth' (1898), 'Hedda Gabler' (1922) and 'Ghosts' (1928)
    Appeared in the films 'Riptide' (1934), 'Outcast Lady' (1934) and 'Crime and Punishment' (1935)

Why she might be annoying:

    She remained 'Mrs. Patrick Campbell' professionally even after a second marriage made her Mrs. George Cornwallis-West.
    She was nicknamed 'Mrs. Pat.'
    She named her pekingese Pinky Panky Poo.
    She reportedly blew her shot at Hollywood stardom at a party when she said to producer Irving Thalberg about his wife, Norma Shearer, 'She has such pretty little eyes -- and they're so close together!'
    In her later years, she rejected a number of roles that could have helped her career, prompting Alexander Woollcott to write, 'She was like a sinking ship firing on the rescuers.'

Why she might not be annoying:

    Mr. Patrick Campbell was killed in the Boer War (1900).
    Her son Alan died in World War I.
    When talkies arrived, she went to Hollywood to serve as a speech teacher and dialogue coach.
    Her correspondence with Shaw was adapted into the play 'Dear Liar.' (1964)
    When it was suggested to her that an actor was homosexual, she responded, 'I don't care what they do, so long as they don't do it in the street and frighten the horses.'

Credit: C. Fishel


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Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 17 Votes: 5.88% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 5 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 1 Votes: 0% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 3 Votes: 33.33% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 11 Votes: 81.82% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 10 Votes: 60.0% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 24 Votes: 54.17% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 24 Votes: 58.33% Annoying