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Catherine Chisholm Cushing
Catherine Chisholm Cushing was born in Mount Perry, Perry County. She wrote Broadway plays in the 1910s and 1920s, including the 1916 stage version of Pollyanna.
At a glance
- Born
- 1874-04-15
- Died
- 1952-10-19
- Education
- Pennsylvania College for Women (now Chatham University), Pittsburgh, PA
- Known as
- Playwright, Writer, Woman
- Organizations
- Harper's Bazaar
Life story
Catherine Chisholm Cushing was born in 1874 in Mount Perry, Ohio. She attended the Pennsylvania College for Women in Pittsburgh and worked as an editor at Harper's Bazaar.
Her first Broadway play, The Real Thing, opened in 1911. She followed it with plays including Widow by Proxy (1913), Kitty MacKay (1914) and Glorianna (1918).
She is best known for her 1916 stage adaptation of Pollyanna. She also wrote song lyrics, including L'amour, toujours, l'amour (1922) with composer Rudolf Friml.
She married Henry Howard Cushing in 1904 and was widowed in 1937. She died in New York in 1952.
Timeline
- 1874-04-15: Born (Mount Perry, OH) source
- 1904: Marries Henry Howard Cushing source
- 1911: The Real Thing opens on Broadway (New York, NY) source
- 1916: Pollyanna stage adaptation (New York, NY) source
- 1922: Writes lyrics to L'amour, toujours, l'amour source
- 1937: Widowed source
- 1952-10-19: Dies (New York, NY) source
What Catherine is known for
- Wrote the stage adaptation of Pollyanna (1916)
- Broadway debut with The Real Thing (1911)
- Wrote the lyrics to L'amour, toujours, l'amour (1922)
- Broadway plays including The Real Thing (1911), Kitty MacKay (1914), Pollyanna (1916)
Family
- husband: Henry Howard Cushing
Ohio places
Where Catherine Chisholm Cushing was born, lived, worked and is remembered, with the ZIP code, town and county pages for each.
- Born: Mount Perry, Perry County ZIP 43760 · Perry County
Further reading
Sources
Confidence. Medium: the main facts were confirmed, but some details (often an address or ZIP code) were not.
- Wikipedia: Catherine Chisholm Cushing birth, schooling, plays, death