Flora Juliet Bowley

Flora Juliet Bowley (April 29, 1881 – December 30, 1966) was an American actress.

Flora Juliet Bowley
A young white woman with dark hair. She is wearing a dark garment with a white fur stoll or collar visible on one shoulder.
Flora Juliet Bowley, from a 1906 publication.
BornApril 29, 1881
San Francisco, California
DiedDecember 30, 1966
Monterey, California
Other namesFlora Hoffman
OccupationActress
RelativesAlbert Jesse Bowley Sr. (brother)

Early life

Flora Juliet Bowley was born in San Francisco in 1881,[1] the daughter of Freeman Sparks Bowley (1846-1903) and Flora Ella Pepper Bowley (1846-1939).[2] Her father, who briefly led the 30th U.S. Colored Infantry regiment and was a prisoner-of-war in the American Civil War, was a railroad engineer who wrote several books on military topics, and a memoir.[3][4] Her mother, known as "Mother Bowley", was a beloved maternal figure at San Francisco's Presidio.[5] One of her brothers was U.S. Army general Albert Jesse Bowley Sr.[6] She graduated from Smith College.[7][8]

Career

Bowley had a short but successful career as a stage actress.[9] She appeared in The Fortunes of the King and The Bachelor's Romance in Northampton, Massachusetts in 1905,[10] and The Lion and the Mouse in Chicago and New York in 1906.[11] She starred with Robert Edeson in Classmates on Broadway in 1907.[2] She was said to resemble the actress Mary Mannering, but they were not (as some rumors held) related to each other.[12]

Personal life

Bowley married Julius Theodore Charles Hoffman (1848-1935) in 1914. The Hoffmans had four children. Flora Juliet Bowley Hoffman died in 1966, in Monterey, California, aged 85 years.

References
  1. "Pretty California Girl Makes a Hit at Columbia". San Francisco Call. April 5, 1906. p. 2. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  2. "Flora Juliet Bowley in 'Classmates'" Army & Navy Life 11(November 1907): 570.
  3. Russell Duncan (2009). "Honor in Command: Lt. Freeman S. Bowley's Civil War Service in the 30th United States Colored Infantry (review)". Civil War History. 55 (4): 501–502. doi:10.1353/cwh.0.0125. ISSN 1533-6271. S2CID 144812923.
  4. Bowley, Freeman Sparks (1997). A Boy Lieutenant: Memoirs of Freeman S. Bowley, a 30th United States Colored Troops Officer. Sergeant Kirkland's Museum and Historical Society. ISBN 978-1-887901-01-7.
  5. "'Mother' Bowley Dies at Army Hospital". The San Francisco Examiner. April 24, 1939. p. 15. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Col. Bowley Succumbs". The San Francisco Examiner. March 2, 1944. p. 11. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "College Girl's Stage Success". The Kansas City Star. February 7, 1905. p. 6. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. "California Girls Stand High East". Los Angeles Herald. June 8, 1904. p. 4. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via California Digital Newspaper Collection.
  9. "Gallery of Leading Players". The Butte Daily Post. January 15, 1908. p. 8. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. "Star for One Night". Star Tribune. March 21, 1906. p. 4. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Chicago the Home of Summer Drama". The World To-Day. 11: 791–792. August 1906.
  12. "Not Related to Mannering". El Paso Herald. August 11, 1906. p. 10. Retrieved July 3, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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