Grisella Kingsland

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Grisella Kingsland
A young white woman with loose curly hair, wearing a plain dark garment, photographed mainly in shadow.
Born
Grisella de Courcy Kingsland

February 13, 1882
San Francisco, California
DiedMarch 8, 1955
San Francisco, California
Other namesGriselle Kingsland, Griselda Kingsland, Grisella Chrystie
OccupationActress

Grisella de Courcy Kingsland (February 13, 1882 – March 8, 1955) was an American actress based in San Francisco.

Early life[edit]

Grisella Kingsland was born in San Francisco, the daughter of James Eli Camp Kingsland and Olivia de Courcy Kingsland. Her mother was an artist from Brooklyn.[1] Her father was a sea captain from New Jersey. Grisella and her three siblings were children when their father died in 1889.[2]

Career[edit]

Kingsland was a stage actress, mostly on the San Francisco stage and touring with the Ferris Hartman Company on the West Coast, in soubrette roles.[3] Her appearances included roles in Wang (1908),[4] The Toymaker (1908),[5] The King Maker (1908),[6] The Girl from Paris (1909),[7] A Chinese Honeymoon (1909),[8] The Tenderfoot (1909),[9] It Happened in Nordland (1909),[10] and The Mayor of Tokio (1909).[11]

Early in her career, Kingsland toured in New Zealand and Australia with the Josephine Stanton Company.[12] She performed vaudeville acts with dancer Genevieve "Ginger" Love,[13] and with Christine Neilson.[14] She also toured with Luisa Tetrazzini's company in Mexico.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Kingsland married three times. Her first husband was William David Stein; they married in 1903 in Melbourne,[16][17] and he died at sea in 1904, the same year their son, William David Kingsland Stein, was born. Her second husband was fellow performer Daun H. Seaton; they married and divorced in 1908.[15] Her third husband was Percival H. Chrystie, a steel executive and banker in New Jersey;[18] they married in 1913[19] and he died by suicide in 1932.[20][14]

In 1934 Kingsland was on a cruise in the Mediterranean when she was robbed by "bandits" near Jerusalem.[21] Her son died in 1951,[22] and she died in 1955, aged 73 years, in San Francisco.[18][23]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Olivia DeCourcy Kingsland". askART. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  2. ^ Descendants of Sir Patrick Barnewall Kingsland (2019).
  3. ^ "Comic Opera Coming for Winter Season". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-11-08. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Plays and Players". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-12-06. p. 30. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "Singer Loves Los Angeles". Los Angeles Herald. 1908-12-27. p. 51. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Anthony, Walter (June 16, 1908). "'King Maker' is a Huge Success". San Francisco Call. p. 6. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  7. ^ "Untitled theatre item". Los Angeles Herald. 1909-02-09. p. 3. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ^ "Music and the Stage". The Los Angeles Times. 1909-02-23. p. 24. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ "Grand Opera House". Los Angeles Herald. 1909-01-17. p. 9. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ "Ferris Hartman, Famous Comedian of Old Tivoli Comes Here Tonight in 'It Happened in Nordland'". The Fresno Morning Republican. 1909-05-06. p. 8. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ^ "Music and Drama". Los Angeles Evening Express. 1909-04-20. p. 15. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. ^ "A Letter from a Lady in the Josephine Stanton Co". The Honolulu Advertiser. 1901-08-16. p. 14. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  13. ^ "Genevieve 'Ginger' Love (obituary)". The San Francisco Examiner. 1953-11-03. p. 35. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  14. ^ a b "Chrystie, Ill, Kills Himself". The San Francisco Examiner. 1932-03-29. p. 11. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  15. ^ a b "Stage Romance Rudely Shattered". The San Francisco Call. 1908-09-10. p. 10. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ^ "WEDDING". Leader (Melbourne, Vic. : 1862 - 1918, 1935). 1903-02-28. p. 38. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Trove.
  17. ^ "ORANGE BLOSSOM". Herald (Melbourne, Vic. : 1861 - 1954). 1903-02-21. p. 4. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Trove.
  18. ^ a b "Mrs. G. Chrystie". The Courier-News. 1955-04-09. p. 18. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  19. ^ "Marriage Licenses". San Francisco Call. June 27, 1913. p. 4. Retrieved August 25, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  20. ^ "Hunterdon County Wills Probated". The Courier-News. 1932-04-15. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  21. ^ "S. F. Man's Sister Tells of Robbery by Arab Bandits". The San Francisco Examiner. 1934-04-06. p. 21. Retrieved 2020-08-24 – via Newspapers.com.
  22. ^ "Obituary for William D Stein". The San Francisco Examiner. 1951-12-17. p. 23. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ^ "Chrystie (Kingsland) (death notice)". The San Francisco Examiner. 1955-03-10. p. 31. Retrieved 2020-08-25 – via Newspapers.com.

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