Ethel Wright Nesbitt (June 24, 1884 – November 7, 1958) was an American actress and teacher.
Wright was born in
Mineral Point, Wisconsin, the second of three daughters born to lawyer Samuel Wright and his wife Catherine J Wright. All four of her grandparents were born in England. She had an older sister, Edna Wright, who was an activist and suffragette, and a younger sister, Rowe Wright, who was a magazine and book editor.
[Ethel Wright Nesbitt in ''U.S. Passport Applications, 1795-1925'']
Wright appeared in several silent films, including as Marguerite Leonard in ''
A Leap for Love'' (1912), the working mother in ''
The Cry of the Children'' (1912), the bank teller's wife in ''
Vengeance Is Mine'' (1912), Catherine Wolff in ''
Bolshevism on Trial'' (1919) and Mrs. Minnett in ''
The Enchanted Cottage'' (1924).
In addition to acting, Wright was a high school teacher. She married mechanical engineer Hugh Nesbitt from New Jersey on June 12, 1915, in Milwaukee.
From 1920 to 1945, she was principal of the
Professional Children's School
The Professional Children's School (PCS) is a not-for-profit, college-preparatory school geared toward working and aspiring child actors and dancers in grades four through twelve. The school was founded in New York City in 1914 to provide an ac ...
in New York City.
She died in
New Jersey
New Jersey is a U.S. state, state located in both the Mid-Atlantic States, Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States, Northeastern regions of the United States. Located at the geographic hub of the urban area, heavily urbanized Northeas ...
in 1958.
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1884 births
1958 deaths
American silent film actresses
20th-century American actresses
People from Mineral Point, Wisconsin
Actresses from Wisconsin
American people of English descent
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