Lucy Beaumont (born Lucy Emily Pinkstone; 18 May 1869[1] – 24 April 1937) was an English actress of the stage and screen from Bristol.

Lucy Beaumont
Beaumont, c. 1930
Born	Lucy Emily Pinkstone (1869-05-18)18 May 1869 Bristol, England
Died	24 April 1937(1937-04-24) (aged 67) New York City, U.S.
Occupation	Actress
Years active	1919–1937; her death
Spouse(s)	Captain Arthur Douglas Vigors Harris (his death) William Alfred Beaumont

Biography

On Broadway, Beaumont played Lady Emily Lyons in The Bishop Misbehaves (1935) and Mrs. Barwick in Berkeley Square (1925).[2] Later she appeared in the film version of Berkeley Square.[3]^{[better source needed]} During the 1914–15 season Beaumont was in My Lady's Dress at the Playhouse in New York. The following season she was featured in Quinneys, for part of the play's run. In 1916 she appeared with Frances Starr in Little Lady in Blue.[4]

Beaumont played mostly mother parts on the screen. Some of her films are The Greater Glory (1926), with Conway Tearle, The Man Without A Country (1925), with Pauline Starke, Torrent (1926), with Ricardo Cortez, The Beloved Rogue, with John Barrymore, Resurrection (1927), with Dolores del Río, The Crowd (1928), with Eleanor Boardman and Maid of Salem (1937), her final motion picture, with Claudette Colbert. Her final professional appearance was in April 1937 on the Robert L. Ripley radio programme.

Beaumont's films spanned a variety of genres.[1]

Personal life

Beaumont was married to Captain Douglas Vigors until his death.[1] She had no children. She died in 1937 at the Royalton Hotel in New York City. She had been in America for 20 years prior to her death.^{[citation needed]}

Partial filmography

References

Sources

• Lima Daily News, "Along Broadway", 3 October 1917, pg 3.
• The New York Times, Lucy Beaumont Dies; Actress Many Years, 25 April 1937, pg. 42

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Lucy Beaumont.

• Lucy Beaumont at the Internet Broadway Database
• Lucy Beaumont (middle) with Marceline Day and John Barrymore in The Beloved Rogue

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[ru] Бомонт, Люси (актриса)