Source: S500025 FamilySearch Family Tree Publication: MyHeritage The FamilySearch Family Tree is published by MyHeritage under license from FamilySearch International, the largest genealogy organization in the world. FamilySearch is a nonprofit organization sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon Church). Media: 40001 Collection27 https://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-2105743140/charles-cameron-leslie-cherry-in-familysearch-family-treehttps://www.myheritage.com/research/record-40001-2105743140/charles-cameron-leslie-cherry-in-familysearch-family-tree Event: Record Role: 40001:2105743140: 6 APR 2023 Charles Cameron Leslie CherryAlso known as: Charles CherryGender: MaleBirth: Circa Nov 19 1872 - Greenwich, Kent, England, United KingdomMarriage: Spouse: Grace Edith Dudley - Circa Apr 1898 - St Clement Danes, Westminster, London, England, United KingdomImmigration: from Montreal Canada to Plymouth England - July 1931Divorce: Spouse: Grace Edith Dudley - To 1925 - United StatesDeath: Aug 28 1931 - Sussex, England, United KingdomOccupation: Actor - Between 1898 and 1931 - Broadway, Queens, New York City, New York, United StatesParents: <a>James Frederick Cherry</a>, <a>Lady Emily Louisa Cherry (born Haworth-Leslie)</a>Wife: <a>Grace Edith Cherry (born Dudley)</a>Siblings: <a>Miriam Emily Owen- Taylor (born Cherry)</a>, <a>Gladys Pringle(born Cherry)</a> Additional information: LifeSketch:From "Who's Who on the Stage," BW Dodge & Co, 1908:CHERRY, CHARLES, Actor, wasa born in England, none of his relatives ever having been connected with the stage. He began business as a banker's clerk in London, after having graduated from Oxford University. He wasa an enthusiastic amateur actor, and after playing several leading parts he determined to adopt the stage as a profession. After some experience in England he came to this country in 1899, opening at Wallack's Theatre, New York, in "A Ray of Sunshine." He was then leading man with Mary Mannering for a season, and with Henrietta Crosman in "The Sword of the King," and Elsie De Wolfe in "Cynthia." The season of 1903 he began an engagement as leading man in support of Maxine Elliott, which position he has since retained, playing with her in "Her Own Way" and "Her Great Match." Mr. Cherry has also played in London with Ethel Barrymore in "Cynthia," with Miss Elliott in "Her Own Way," and with Mr. and Mrs. Forbes Robertson in "Mice and Men." The season of 1907-8 he appeared in London in this coungtry in "Under the Greenwood Tree" with Miss Elliott. Certainty: 4
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