FAIRFAX, MARION

(1879-1970)

She was born Marion Neiswanger in Richmond, Virginia, acted for about a decade, and marriedcharacter actor Tully Marshall. The pretty little playwright told an interviewer (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 23 July 1911) that she had once aspired to a career as an engineer but that a woman's choices were limited. Taking the role of women as her constant theme, she had four plays produced in New York, beginning withThe Builders(1907) in which she and her husband both performed to mixed reviews.The Chaperon(1909) starredMaxine Elliott. Her best comedy,The Talker(1912), ran for 144 performances with starring roles for Marshall andPauline Lord. She also wroteA Modern Girl(1914) with Ruth C. Mitchell.