Carter, Mrs. Leslie

Carter, Mrs. Leslie

▪ American actress
née  Caroline Louise Dudley 
born June 10, 1862, Lexington, Ky., U.S.
died November 13, 1937, Santa Monica, Calif.

      American actress with a sweeping, highly dramatic style, often called “the American Sarah Bernhardt.”

      Carter grew up in Dayton, Ohio (from 1870, after her father's death), and was educated at Cooper Seminary. In 1880, at age 17, she married Leslie Carter, a Chicago socialite. Nine years later, after her husband divorced her for infidelity, she undertook a stage career, retaining her married name. She had a successful career under the management of the theatrical producer and playwright David Belasco (Belasco, David), who taught her acting before starring her in such plays as The Heart of Maryland (1895–98); Zaza (1898–99), from the French play by Simon Berton; and Belasco's Du Barry (1901). The partnership ended in 1906 when she remarried; Belasco refused ever to speak to her again. In her days with Belasco she played only six roles. Although she continued acting into her 70s, she never again achieved her former success.

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