Henry B. Harris
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Henry B. Harris; Henry Birkhardt Harris, born in St. Louis, was a Broadway producer and theatre owner who died in the sinking of the . His wife was actress Rene Harris (born Irene Wallach) married 1898, who was injured in a fall on the staircase of the Titanic, but survived the sinking and lived until 1969.
Harris was the son of William Harris Sr., a founder of the Theatrical Syndicate
in the 1890s. He had a brother William Harris Jr. Harris worked for his father in the theatrical business in Boston for a number of years before starting out on his own producing plays in 1901. He managed such stars as Amelia Bingham
and Robert Edeson
. He leased and managed the Hudson Theatre in New York and in 1911 built the Folies Bergere Theatre.
Harris was the son of William Harris Sr., a founder of the Theatrical Syndicate
Theatrical Syndicate
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in the 1890s. He had a brother William Harris Jr. Harris worked for his father in the theatrical business in Boston for a number of years before starting out on his own producing plays in 1901. He managed such stars as Amelia Bingham
Amelia Bingham
Amelia Swilley Kingham' was an Australian dancer from Hicksville, Ohio. Her Broadway career extended from ....
and Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson
Robert Edeson was an American movie and stage actor of the silent era. Edeson got his first boost in movies in 1914 when he starred in the Cecil B...
. He leased and managed the Hudson Theatre in New York and in 1911 built the Folies Bergere Theatre.
Selected plays produced by Henry B. Harris
- Soldiers of Fortune (1901)
- Strongheart (1905)
- The Lion and the Mouse (1905)
- The Chorus Lady (1906) (*made star of Rose StahlRose StahlRose Stahl was a Canadian/American stage actress, born in Montreal. Her father was Col. Ernest Charles Stahl, a newspaperman who was drama and music critic for a newspaper called the Chicago InterOcean and her mother was French-Canadian. The Col in front her father's name suggests he was a veteran...
) - The Struggle Everlasting (1907)
- The Traveling Salesman (1908)
- Pierre of the Plains (1908)
- The Third Degree (1909)
- Such a Little Queen (1909)
- The Arab (1911)