Nina Boucicault

British actress

Nina Boucicault

Born|

Nina Boucicault

27 February 1867

London, England

Died| 2 August 1950(1950-08-02) (aged 83)
Occupation| Actress
Parent(s)| Dion Boucicault
Agnes Kelly Robertson

Boucicault in 1899

Nina Boucicault (27 February 1867 – 2 August 1950) was an English actress born to playwright Dion Boucicault and his wife, actress Agnes Kelly Robertson.[1] She had three brothers, Dion William (1855–1876), Dion Boucicault Jr. and Aubrey Boucicault, and two sisters, Eva and Patrice.

Her debut was at the Louisville Opera House and as a child she performed with her father.[2] Beginning in 1892, she played Kitty Verdun in the original production of the hit comedy Charley's Aunt.[3] She was the first to play the title role in J. M. Barrie's Peter Pan, beginning in 1904 at the Duke of York's Theatre.[4]

She retired from the stage in 1927, returning in 1935 and 1936 in Frolic Wind and Waste, respectively, while continuing her film career. She died at Hamilton Road, Ealing.[5] She was married three times: first to G. D. Pitman; then to E. H. Kelly; and finally to Donald Innes-Smith.[6]

## Selected filmography[edit]

* Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923)
* Miriam Rozella (1924)
* This Week of Grace (1933)
* Oh, What a Night (1935)
* Juggernaut (1936)
* Strange Boarders (1938)
* Follow Your Star (1938)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Nina Boucicault". Oxford Reference. `{{cite journal}}`: Cite journal requires `|journal=` (help)
2. ^ "Music and the Drama". The Week: A Canadian Journal of Politics, Literature, Science and Arts. 1 (13): 205. 28 February 1884. Retrieved 27 April 2013.
3. ^ Law, Jonathan (16 December 2013). The Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre. A&C Black. ISBN 9781408131480.
4. ^ Hanson, Bruce K. (30 June 2011). Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904–2010 (2d ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9780786486199.
5. ^ Law, Cheryl. Women – A Modern Political Dictionary, Bloomsbury (2000), p. 31
6. ^ Parker, John. Who's Who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage, Pitman (1933), p. 282

## External links[edit]

* Boucicault Family Tree
* Nina Boucicault at IMDB.com
* Nina Boucicault at Stagebeauty.net
* Nina Boucicault portrait as Peter Pan from Flickr
* Nina Boucicault portrait as a young woman in Melbourne Australia sitting

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