Shelley Hull
American actor
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| Intro | American actor | ||||
| A.K.A. | Shelley Vaughan Hull | ||||
| A.K.A. | Shelley Vaughan Hull | ||||
| Places | United States of America | ||||
| was | Actor Stage actor Film actor | ||||
| Work field | Film, TV, Stage & Radio | ||||
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| Birth | 17 June 1884, Louisville, Jefferson County, Kentucky, U.S.A. | ||||
| Death | 14 January 1919New York City, New York, U.S.A. (aged 34 years) | ||||
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Biography
Shelley Hull (June 17, 1884 - January 14, 1919) born Shelley Vaughan Hull was an American stage actor who appeared in two motion pictures. His Broadway popularity as a suave handsome leading man was continually on the rise until his early death at age 34 in the Influenza Pandemic of 1918. He was married to actress Josephine Hull. Shelley was a particular favorite of the young Billie Burke and costarred with her in several plays. He had two brothers involved in the theater and films, Howard Hull who was married to Margaret Anglin and younger brother Henry Hull who became a well known actor on stage and in film.
Hull is buried in Newton, Massachusetts.
Broadway plays
- Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1903)
- The Crossing (1906)
- The Bridge (1909)
- Electricity (1910)
- The Foolish Virgin (1910)
- Seven Sisters (1911) (with Laurette Taylor)
- Lady Patricia (1912) (with Mrs. Fiske)
- Chains (1912)
- The Amazons (1913) (with Billie Burke)
- The Land of Promise (1913) (with Billie Burke)
- Jerry (1914) (with Billie Burke)
- The Cinderella Man (1916)
- The Willow Tree (1917) (with Fay Bainter)
- The Lassoo (1917)
- Why Marry? (1917)
- Laurette Taylor in Scenes from Shakespeare (1918) (as Petruchio)
- Under Orders (1918)