May Buckley (1904)
May Buckley’s private life was often in newspaper headlines, especially in 1901, when a man who claimed to be her husband shot at her in a hotel dining room, wounding […]
Maude Fealy (1896)
Among the names of women who had the greatest impact on the Historic Elitch Theatre — Mary Elitch, Helen Bonfils, and Haila Stoddard — the name Maude Fealy must be […]
Douglas Fairbanks (1898)
On May 23, 1883, Douglas Elton Thomas Ullman was born in Denver, Colorado. When he was five-years old his father left the family and his mother returned to using the […]
Spring Byington (1906)
Another legend who not only appeared at the Historic Elitch Theatre, but she actually got her start acting here… Spring Byington was born in Colorado Springs in 1893 and at […]
Sarah Bernhardt (1906)
There are five kinds of actresses: bad actresses, fair actresses, good actresses, great actresses, and Sarah Bernhardt. — Mark Twain Sarah Bernhardt has been called one of the finest actors […]