Mathilde Cottrelly (1851-1933)


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Name (English): Mathilde Cottrelly
Short name: Mathilde Cottrelly
Year of birth: 1851
Year of death: 1933
Short Description: "Mathilde Cottrelly (February 7, 1851 in Hamburg, Germany – June 15, 1933 in Tuckerton, New Jersey) (née Meyer) was a German born stage actress, singer, producer and theatre manager. She was popular on Broadway in the 1880s until the 1920s. 1920s audiences saw her as the hypochondriac Mrs. Cohen in the long running play Abie's Irish Rose.

Cottrelly's father was an opera conductor in her native Hamburg, Germany. She was on the stage acting at an early age and by 16 she was married and singing roles in light opera presentations. Her husband died in 1871 and she continued to act and sing before coming to America in 1875. After starring in German theatres around the United States she joined McCaull's Comic Opera Company in New York. Though English was her second language Mathilde was never hampered by her German accent. In reviewing her first Broadway performance in English (Oct. 1882) The New York Times stated "Her mastery of the adopted tongue is complete," and a reviewer for the New York Sun (Dec. 1882) wrote "considering her nationality [Cottrelly] talks amazingly good English."" - (en.wikipedia.org 11.08.2021)
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[Last update: 2021/08/11]