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Edith Kelly

Edith Kelly (1880 - December 1960) was an English actress, best known for her work in the theatre production of 'Havanna' in 1908

life

Edith Kelly was born in 1880, her father was a window frame maker in Camberwell. She is the older sister to Hetty Kelly who is best known for being the first love of Charlie Chaplin. She also has a brother, Arthur, who was an executive for United Artists of which Chaplin co-founded.

Edith Kelly married Frank Jay Gould, the son of Jay Gould a wealthy American businessman. Edith and Frank married in 1910 in Scotland and took his last name of Gould, they later moved to Paris, France and remained married for nine years. Edith and Frank divorced in 1919, this divorce was highly publicised within French newspapers due to the amount of money related to the divorce, and the circumstances which caused this divorce.

Edith later remarried, deciding to marry the English filmmaker Albert de Courville in 1927. She remained married to de Courville until her death in December 1960 in Washington, DC.

References

https://archive.org/details/stagedeathsbiogr0001unse/page/524/mode/2up Stage Deaths: A biographical guide to international theatrical obituaries, 1850 to 1990 Can be found under the name Edith Gould
https://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-05-29/ed-1/seq-3/#date1=1789&index=3&rows=20&searchType=advanced&language=&sequence=0&words=Arthur+EDITH+Edith+Kelly+W&proxdistance=5&date2=1963&ortext=&proxtext=Edith&phrasetext=%22Arthur+W.+Kelly%22&andtext=&dateFilterType=yearRange&page= the evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.), 29 May 1919.
https://www.nytimes.com/1910/07/10/archives/frank-j-gould-did-wed-edith-kelly-his-marriage-to-musical-comedy.html "Frank J. Gould Did Wed Edith Kelly. His Marriage to Musical Comedy Actress in Paris Suburb. His First Wife, Mrs. Helen Kelly Gould, Is Expected to Marry Ralph Hill Thomas To-morrow". The New York Times. July 10, 1910. Retrieved 2008-12-22.
https://www.nytimes.com/1927/05/27/archives/de-courville-is-wed-to-edith-kelly-gould-bridegroom-leaves-hospital.html

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