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Gail Kane (July 10, 1885 – February 17, 1966) was a stage and silent movie actress born as Abigail Kane in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. She stood 5'7" tall, weighed 142 pounds, and had dark brown hair and eyes. She attended a private school in Newburgh, New York, but eschewed additional education to become an actress. She became a dedicated student of the art of pantomime. ==Theatrical actress== Kane performed at the Lyceum Theatre in ''Heap Game Watch'' in January 1914. She had a significant role in ''Seven Keys To Baldpate Astor'', which was staged at the Gaiety Theatre, London, in May 1914. The comedy was brought to the stage by George M. Cohan. She paired with George Nash in ''The Miracle Man'' at the Astor Theatre. The play was produced on Broadway in the fall of 1914. Kane acted in a presentation of ''The Hyphen Knickerbocker'' in April 1915. She returned to the stage at the Broadhurst Theatre in July 1920. She was paired with Earle Fox, another actor who had been spending much of his time in movies. They appeared in the comedy ''Come Seven''. The production was an adaptation by Octavus Roy Cohen of stories he had contributed to ''The Saturday Evening Post''. The play was the first ever featuring an entirely caucasian cast in black face. ''Lawful Larceny'' (1922) was a comedy adapted from the writing of Samuel Shipman. It was presented at the Republic Theater, built by Oscar Hammerstein in 1900, at 42nd Street. The players included Kane, Margaret Lawrence, Ida Waterman, and Lowell Sherman. ''The Breaking Point'' by Mary Roberts Rinehart was staged at the Klaw Theatre, West 45th Street, New York City, in August 1923. The plot concerned amnesia with the setting (fiction) moving from New York to Wyoming and back. Kane, Regina Wallace, Reginald Barlow, and McKay Morris were the principal actors in the drama. She played Ellen Halpin in the 1925 comedy ''Loggerheads'' at the Cherry Lane Theatre. The Booth Theatre produced ''Paid'', written by Sam Forrest, in November 1925. Kane portrayed ''Mrs John Ramsey'' in a play which endured for twenty-one performances. 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「Gail Kane」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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