Violet Heming (27 January 1895 – 4 July 1981) was an English stage and screen

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. Her name sometimes appeared as Violet Hemming in newspapers.

Biography

Born Violet Hemming in

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, Yorkshire, she was the daughter of Alfred Hemming - who appeared in

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s - and Mabel Allen. Heming began a stage career in 1908, appearing as Carrie Crews in ''Fluffy Ruffles''. In 1917 she created the title role in the premiere of Frederick J. Jackson's '' Losing Eloise'' (later retitled ''The Naughty Wife'') at Broadway's Harris Theatre. She appeared in her first motion picture, a

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for Thanhouser Film Company, in 1910. In 1913, she appeared with

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in the play ''

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''. In September 1925, ''Variety'' reported that Heming would appear in a "playlet" for the De Forest

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sound-on-film system. Heming starred as the lead in ''The Getaway,'' a play written by Charles King Van Riper, which appeared at Nixon's Apollo Theatre in

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in September 1926. Two reviews appeared in ''

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'' one saying "Most of the success of ''The Getaway'' is due to the superb work of Miss Heming and a well selected cast." Though Heming appeared in several films and television throughout the decades, she is best remembered as a dependable Broadway star with a long list of theatrical credits. She died in New York City on 4 July 1981, and was buried at

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Partial filmography

*'' The Woman Hater'' (1910 short) *''Tempest and Sunshine'' (1910 short) *''Lena Rivers'' (1910 short) *'' The Mermaid'' (1910) *''Paul and Virginia'' (1910 film) *'' The Running Fight'' (1915), extant in the

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* '' The Danger Trail'' (1917) *'' The Turn of the Wheel'' (1918) *'' The Common Cause'' (1919) *'' Everywoman'' (1919) *'' The Cost'' (1920) * '' When the Desert Calls'' (1922) *''The Knife'' (1929 short), made in

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*'' The Man Who Played God'' (1932) *'' Almost Married'' (1932)

References

External links

* * *baby picture; Violet Hemin
aged 3
{{DEFAULTSORT:Heming, Violet 1895 births 1981 deaths Actresses from Leeds English film actresses English silent film actresses 20th-century English actresses English emigrants to the United States