Selene Johnson

Selene Knapp Johnson (February 20, 1876 – December 11, 1960) was an American stage and silent film actress.

Selene Johnson
Selene Johnson in The Squaw Man with William Faversham
Born
Selene Knapp Johnson

(1876-02-20)February 20, 1876
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
DiedDecember 11, 1960(1960-12-11) (aged 84)
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
OccupationActress
SpouseLumsden Hare

Johnson was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania but lived in Jersey City, New Jersey, later. In the mid-1890s she graduated from the American Academy of Dramatic Arts.[1]

While Johnson was a student in the academy, she obtained the leading female role in The Girl I Left Behind Me.[2] Another of her early performances was in The Great Diamond Robbery.[1] Stock theater companies with which she worked included Acazar in San Francisco, Columbia Theatre in Washington, D. C., and Salisbury in Milwaukee.[1]

Johnson performed in silent cinema, includingThe Divine Sacrifice (1918).[3][4]

Johnson was married to Lumsden Hare,[5] and she died in Los Angeles, California, USA.

Plays
  • The Golden Age as Margaret Barnes (1928)
  • The Title as Mrs. Culver (1921)
  • Peter's Mother (1918)
  • Ourselves (1913)
  • The Return from Jerusalem (1912)
  • The Dollar Mark (1909)
  • Disengaged (1909)
  • Irene Wycherley (1908)
  • The Squaw Man (1905-1906)
  • Abigail (1905)
  • The Man of Destiny / How He Lied to Her Husband as herself (1904)
  • Audrey (1902-1903)
  • Frou-Frou (1902)
  • Monte Cristo as Mercedes (1900-1901)
  • A Rich Man's Son (1899)
  • Peter Stuyvesant (1899)

References
  1. Briscoe, Johnson (1908). The Actors' Birthday Book: 2d Series. An Authoritative Insight Into the Lives of the Men and Women of the Stage Born Between January First and December Thirty-first. Moffat, Yard. p. 58. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  2. "'Never time to stop wor,' says Selene Johnson". Buffalo Evening News. December 5, 1910. p. 22. Retrieved October 4, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. Daniel C. Blum, John A. Willis, Daniel Blum's Theatre World, Volume 21- Crown Publishers, 1964; pg. 257;
  4. University of Michigan, The Green Book Magazine, Volumen 8- Story-Press association, 1912; pg. 516;
  5. "Lumsden Hare dies; long an actor, 90". The New York Times. United Press International. September 1, 1964. p. 36. ProQuest 115624205. Retrieved October 23, 2020 – via ProQuest.
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