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Phyllis McKee Rankin (August 31, 1874 - November 17, 1934)〔 was a Broadway actress and singer from the 1880s until the 1920s. ==Family== Phyllis McKee Rankin〔''M'Kee Rankin's House On Fire'', New York Times, April 2, 1891, pg. 8.〕 was the second daughter of stage actors Elizabeth "Kitty" Blanchard and McKee Rankin.〔(Parker, Jon, ''Who's Who in the Theatre,'' 1916, p. 402 ) Retrieved 6.28.13〕〔 Her older sister, Gladys Rankin (1870-1914,) was also an entertainer with her husband Sidney Drew in an act billed Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, and her younger half-sister, Doris Rankin (1888-1946), a stage and screen actress and one-time wife of actor Lionel Barrymore. In September 1890 Elizabeth Rankin filed a motion contesting her husband's resistance to providing support for their daughter. A previous suit, in which she filed for separation from McKee, was being considered by the New York Supreme Court.〔''Mrs. Rankin's Suit For Separation'', New York Times, September 26, 1890, pg. 8.〕 Mrs. McKee Rankin was regarded as ''the foremost and best-known character actress and stage artist'' of her generation.〔"A Queenly Woman", ''Los Angeles Times'', March 23, 1899, pg. 4.〕 Phyllis Rankin was tutored by her father in ''old school drama''.〔 She made her first stage appearance as a youth of 10 with her parents in ''Stormbeaten''.〔 She eventually left her father's companies and was managed by Charles Frohman.〔"Davenport and Rankin", ''New York Times'', February 9, 1919, pg. 42.〕 A house belonging to McKee Rankin at 40 Edgecombe Avenue, near One Hundred and Thirty-Sixth Street, burned in the early morning of April 1, 1891. Rankin and her mother were inside when the fire began in a linen closet. The blaze was contained and put out through the efforts of a ''bucket brigade''. Damage was estimated at $400 and was covered by insurance.〔 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「Phyllis Rankin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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