Trixie Friganza

Born: 1870-11-29

Trixie Friganza (November 29, 1870 – February 27, 1955), born Delia O’Callaghan, began her career as an operetta soubrette working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit. She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic and retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns. She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent. She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons (played "Aramanthe Dedincourt") and is most well-known for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes (or Vokins?) in The Orchid, Mrs. Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris, for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912, and of course her unforgettable run as a vaudeville headliner. During the height of her career, she used her fame to promote social, civic, and political issues of importance, such as self-love and the Suffragist movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trixie Friganza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.


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Free and Easy

as Ma
Released: 1930-03-22

Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to...

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The Road to Yesterday

as Harriet Tyrell
Released: 1925-11-13

Malena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an...

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The Unholy Three

as Lady Customer (uncredited)
Released: 1930-07-12

A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.

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Dreams of Monte Carlo

as Flossie Payne
Released: 1926-11-15

Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local...

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Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

as Mrs. Spoffard
Released: 1928-01-22

Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands....

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If I Had My Way

as Herself
Released: 1940-05-05

Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of...

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Proud Flesh

as Mrs. McKee
Released: 1925-04-27

The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to...

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The Whole Town's Talking

as Mrs. George Simmons
Released: 1926-12-26

Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his...

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How to Undress in Front of Your Husband

as Trixie
Released: 1937-06-27

A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. We see him as he sneaks a...

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A Racing Romeo

as Aunt Hattie
Released: 1927-09-01

When Red Walden loses out in the annual town motor race, Aunt Hattie Wayne and her niece Sally...

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Estrellados

as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
Released: 1930-07-07

A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is...

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My Bag o' Tricks

as uncredited
Released: 1929-01-15

A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she...

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Silks and Saddles

as Aunt Agatha Braddock
Released: 1936-12-14

College student Jimmy Shaw inherits a racehorse, named Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow...

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Myrt and Marge

as Mrs. Minter
Released: 1933-11-25

Myrt has a show chock full of talented performers that deserves to be on Broadway, but can't...

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The March of Time

as Self - Old Timer Sequence
Released: 1930-09-01

Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage...

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Wanderer of the Wasteland

as Big Jo
Released: 1935-09-09

Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did...

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Almost a Lady

as Mrs. Reilly
Released: 1926-09-27

Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She...

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The Charmer

as Mama
Released: 1925-04-20

A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a...

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Strong and Willing

as uncredited
Released: 1930-06-29

Trixie does 'Rosie O'Kerry' in different voices and does a few nationality skits to the same tune.

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