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Frances Brenon

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Frances Brenon

Birth
Ireland
Death
13 Jul 1931 (aged 82)
Malibu Beach, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Bronx, Bronx County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Columbine Plot, Section 69, Brenon Mausoleum
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Traveled the world and wrote the column "Things Quaint & Curious" for various newspapers.

Mrs. Brenon once ran a drama school in Minneapolis. When she lived at various times in Paris and Rome she held literary salons; Oscar Wilde was sometimes in attendance, among other writers and artists.

She was the widow of London drama critic Edward St. John Brenon. One of her sons was silent movie director Herbert Brenon. She had two other sons (music critic Algernon St. John Brenon and newspaperman Chandos Brenon) and a daughter, Roma Gurney.
Traveled the world and wrote the column "Things Quaint & Curious" for various newspapers.

Mrs. Brenon once ran a drama school in Minneapolis. When she lived at various times in Paris and Rome she held literary salons; Oscar Wilde was sometimes in attendance, among other writers and artists.

She was the widow of London drama critic Edward St. John Brenon. One of her sons was silent movie director Herbert Brenon. She had two other sons (music critic Algernon St. John Brenon and newspaperman Chandos Brenon) and a daughter, Roma Gurney.


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