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Cobina Wright (20 September 1887 – 9 April 1970) was an American opera singer and actress who appeared in ''The Razor's Edge'' (1946). She gained later fame as a hostess and a syndicated gossip columnist. Wright was also known as Esther Cobb, Esther Johnson, and Esther Cobina. ==Biography== She was born on September 20, 1887 in Lakeview, Oregon as Esther Ellen Cobb to Benjamin M. Cobb and Della Holmes (1861—1943).〔U. S. Federal Census of 1910, accessed on ancestry.com on 3 November 2011〕 She married and divorced twice. Her first husband, whom she married in 1912, was American novelist Owen Johnson;〔"Owen Johnson Married", ''The New York Times'', 2 February 1912〕 she was his second wife, and they divorced in 1917. Her second husband was William May Wright, a stockbroker, by whom she had one child, a daughter, Cobina Carolyn Wright (aka Cobina Wright Jr.), (1921—2011), briefly a movie actress.〔Full name and also-known-as name cited in ''International Motion Picture Almanac'' (TK, 1948), page 416〕 the Wrights were divorced in 1935. In the early part of the 20th century, she was a coloratura soprano, using the stage name Esther Cobina.〔"Owen Wilson Recovered", ''Berkeley Daily Gazette'', 27 September 1912〕〔"Owen Johnson Married", ''The New York Times'', 2 February 1912〕 She had studied singing in California, under voice teacher Nettie Snyder, and in Germany, where she initially pursued her career on stage.〔Rockwell Dennis Hunt and Nellie Van Der Grift Sanchez, ''California and Californians'' (The Lewis Publishing Company, 1930), page 180〕〔"Owen Johnson Married", ''The New York Times'', 2 February 1912〕 During World War I, she performed for French and American troops in Europe.〔''Lake County Examiner'', 15 November 1917〕 She later made her American opera debut at Carnegie Hall in 1924. She died in Los Angeles, California in 1970. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Cobina Wright」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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