Actress.
Variety obituary printed July 3, 1935:
Renee Boucicault, 36, daughter of Aubrey Boucicault and granddaughter of Dion Boucicault, prolific writer of Irish dramas, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York, July 3 of bronchial pneumonia. She was admitted to the hospital June 18, suffering from gallstones. She died penniless, her fortune inherited from her maternal grandmother having been lost through ill-judged investments. The little money she had remaining was taken from her a few days before she was admitted to the hospital, in a street holdup.
She was twice married and divorced, her first husband having been Clarel L. Sellye, sales manager for a motion picture company. Her second husband was Alexander E. Marks, known on the stage as Al Hill. At her urge he took the name of Howard Boucicault. Her daughter is living with his family in Easton, Pa.
The body was claimed by her sister, Mrs. Gay Gray, and her daughter, Arlene Marks. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
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She appeared in the 1916 silent film "His Picture in the Papers", starring Douglas Fairbanks and co-written by Anita Loos. IMDB lists her credited as "Rene Boucicault"
Variety obituary printed July 3, 1935:
Renee Boucicault, 36, daughter of Aubrey Boucicault and granddaughter of Dion Boucicault, prolific writer of Irish dramas, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York, July 3 of bronchial pneumonia. She was admitted to the hospital June 18, suffering from gallstones. She died penniless, her fortune inherited from her maternal grandmother having been lost through ill-judged investments. The little money she had remaining was taken from her a few days before she was admitted to the hospital, in a street holdup.
She was twice married and divorced, her first husband having been Clarel L. Sellye, sales manager for a motion picture company. Her second husband was Alexander E. Marks, known on the stage as Al Hill. At her urge he took the name of Howard Boucicault. Her daughter is living with his family in Easton, Pa.
The body was claimed by her sister, Mrs. Gay Gray, and her daughter, Arlene Marks. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
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She appeared in the 1916 silent film "His Picture in the Papers", starring Douglas Fairbanks and co-written by Anita Loos. IMDB lists her credited as "Rene Boucicault"
Actress.
Variety obituary printed July 3, 1935:
Renee Boucicault, 36, daughter of Aubrey Boucicault and granddaughter of Dion Boucicault, prolific writer of Irish dramas, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York, July 3 of bronchial pneumonia. She was admitted to the hospital June 18, suffering from gallstones. She died penniless, her fortune inherited from her maternal grandmother having been lost through ill-judged investments. The little money she had remaining was taken from her a few days before she was admitted to the hospital, in a street holdup.
She was twice married and divorced, her first husband having been Clarel L. Sellye, sales manager for a motion picture company. Her second husband was Alexander E. Marks, known on the stage as Al Hill. At her urge he took the name of Howard Boucicault. Her daughter is living with his family in Easton, Pa.
The body was claimed by her sister, Mrs. Gay Gray, and her daughter, Arlene Marks. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
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She appeared in the 1916 silent film "His Picture in the Papers", starring Douglas Fairbanks and co-written by Anita Loos. IMDB lists her credited as "Rene Boucicault"
Variety obituary printed July 3, 1935:
Renee Boucicault, 36, daughter of Aubrey Boucicault and granddaughter of Dion Boucicault, prolific writer of Irish dramas, died in Bellevue Hospital, New York, July 3 of bronchial pneumonia. She was admitted to the hospital June 18, suffering from gallstones. She died penniless, her fortune inherited from her maternal grandmother having been lost through ill-judged investments. The little money she had remaining was taken from her a few days before she was admitted to the hospital, in a street holdup.
She was twice married and divorced, her first husband having been Clarel L. Sellye, sales manager for a motion picture company. Her second husband was Alexander E. Marks, known on the stage as Al Hill. At her urge he took the name of Howard Boucicault. Her daughter is living with his family in Easton, Pa.
The body was claimed by her sister, Mrs. Gay Gray, and her daughter, Arlene Marks. Interment in Woodlawn Cemetery, New York.
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She appeared in the 1916 silent film "His Picture in the Papers", starring Douglas Fairbanks and co-written by Anita Loos. IMDB lists her credited as "Rene Boucicault"
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