Annie Robe

Annie Robe (1866–1922) was an English-born American stage actress prominent in the final decades of the Victorian Era, the 1880s and 1890s.[1]

Annie Robe
Born1866
London, England
DiedJuly 26, 1922
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, United States
Resting placeSwan Point Cemetery, Providence, Rhode Island, United States
OccupationActress
SpouseDaniel Paine Griswold (m. 1888-1911 his death)

Robe's father was a scenic artist, and her mother was English actress Eliza Rugg. Robe began acting when she was 11 years old. Lester Wallack discovered her on a visit to England and brought her to the United States to act with his company.[2]

She was distantly related, through marriage, to Ethel Barrymore, whose husband Russell Griswold Colt was a relative of Robe's husband Daniel Paine Griswold.[3]

Robe died a widow at Pittsfield, Massachusetts on July 26, 1922.[4]

References
  1. New York Tribune; July 29, 1922 "Mrs. D.P. Griswold Buried"
  2. "Mrs. Daniel Griswold, once Annie Robe, actress, dies". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. 27 July 1922. p. 17. Retrieved 4 April 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Theatre Magazine, Volume 31; edited by W.J. Thorold, Arhur Hornblow, Perriton Maxwell, Stewart Beach
  4. The Evening World, July 26, 1922, Page 2 "The Widow of Daniel P. Griswold Dead"
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