SHANNON, EFFIE

(1867-1954)

Born in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the actress enjoyed a 70-year career that began with her billing as "La Petite Shannon" when she played Little Eva in a Boston production ofUncle Tom's Cabinat age seven. In 1889, she became a member ofDavidBelasco's company and marriedleading man Herbert Kelcey, with whom she appeared inClydeFitch'sThe Moth and the Flame(1891). Among her many credits are roles inTangled Lives(1886),A Midsummer Night's Dream(1888),Shenandoah(1889),Her Lord andMaster(1902),Widowers 'Houses(1907),Years of Discretion(1912),Pollyanna(1917),Under Orders(1918),Heartbreak House(1920),The Youngest(1924),She Stoops to Conquer(1924),Trelawny of the"Wells" (1927),The Admirable Crichton(1931),Morning's at Seven* (1939),Juno and the Paycock(1940), and her last appearance in a three-year stint replacing Jean Adair* inArsenic and Old Lace* in 1942.

See alsochild performers.