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Viva Birkett
Viva Birkett (14 February 1887 – 27 June 1934) was a British stage actress active on both sides of the Atlantic over the early decades of the twentieth century.
==Early life and career==
Valentine (originally recorded as Valentina) Viola Birkett was born on Saint Valentine's Day, 1887 at the historic coastal town of Exeter in the south west of England.〔Who Was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976: a Biographical Dictionary ...: Volume 1〕〔England & Wales, Free BMD Birth Index, 1837-1915〕 She was the daughter of William Henry and Myra M. Birkett, both natives of Exeter where her father worked as a wollen merchant.〔1881, 1891, & 1901 English census records〕 Viva studied acting under the American thespian Kate Bateman (1843–1917)〔Who Was Who in the Theatre, 1912-1976: a Biographical Dictionary ...: Volume 1〕 and made her London stage debut on 28 June 1906 as a guest performer at the Lyric Theatre in a revival of ''Monsieur Beaucaire'' and her New York debut at the Hudson Theatre on 30 August of that same year playing Helen Plugenet in ''Hypocrites''.〔The New York Times July 7, 1934〕 For the remainder of her career she would continue to perform in London and New York and tour with companies headed by George Arliss, Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree and Henry Jowett. Her last Broadway appearance was in June 1930 playing the Princess of San Luca in ''Death Takes a Holiday''.〔The New York Times July 7, 1934〕
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