Kennedy, Madge

Kennedy, Madge (1892–1987), comic actress. The Chicago‐born comedienne became a professional in 1910, then went on to give notable performances as Blanche Hawkins, who is pursued by a drunken tenor, in Twin Beds (1914); Blanche Wheeler, the determinedly stay‐at‐home wife, in Fair and Warmer (1915); the title role in the musical Poppy (1925); and Mary Hutton, who learns to live with infidelity, in Paris Bound (1927).

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