Evelyn Cavanaugh
A white woman, backlit, wearing a dark wrap loosely around her shoulders
Evelyn Cavanaugh, from a 1922 publication
Born
Troy, New York, US
Occupation(s)Dancer, actress

Evelyn Cavanaugh was an American actress, singer, and dancer in Broadway musical comedies in the 1910s and 1920s.

Early life and education

Cavanaugh was born in Troy, New York. She attended the boarding school at Visitation Convent in Washington, D.C.[1]

Career

Cavanaugh's Broadway credits[2][3] included roles in His Little Widows (1917), The Kiss Burglar (1918), My Golden Girl (1920),[4] Love Birds (1921),[5][6] Kissing Time (1921), Dew Drop Inn (1923),[7][8] In the Moonlight (1923),[9] Wildflower (1923-1924), and The Girl Friend (1926).[10] She also toured in a vaudeville act with dance partner James Doyle.[11]

She was generally praised by critics. "Evelyn Cavanaugh and Richard Dore made a handsome couple and both their dances went big with the audience," reported Variety in 1919. "Miss Cavanaugh's singing showed a good voice, her personality adding a good deal to the performance."[4]

References

  1. ↑ "Started Society Dance". The Kentucky Post and Times-Star. 1923-10-12. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ↑ Dietz, Dan (2021-06-15). The Complete Book of 1910s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 384–385, 434–435. ISBN 978-1-5381-5028-3.
  3. ↑ Dietz, Dan (2019-04-10). The Complete Book of 1920s Broadway Musicals. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 5–6, 36–37, 149–150, 160–161, 308–309. ISBN 978-1-5381-1282-3.
  4. 1 2 "My Golden Girl". Variety. 57 (11): 17. February 6, 1919 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ↑ "Evelyn Cavanaugh" Dramatic Mirror 83 (March 26, 1921): 538.
  6. ↑ "Love Birds; Pat Rooney in Excellent Musical Comedy". Dramatic Mirror. 83: 505. March 19, 1921.
  7. ↑ "Dew Drop Inn". Theatre Magazine: 16. July 1923.
  8. ↑ "'Dew Drop Inn' at the Majestic". The Boston Globe. 1923-11-20. p. 8. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "When the Curtain Rises". Musical Advance. 10. May 1923.
  10. ↑ Bordman, Gerald (2001). American Musical Theater: A Chronicle. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 460. ISBN 978-0-19-513074-4.
  11. ↑ "Hennepin". The Minneapolis Star. 1922-03-11. p. 5. Retrieved 2023-08-12 – via Newspapers.com.
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