Genevieve Schmich (December 4, 1897 – May 1, 1927), known professionally as Genevieve Smeek and Genevieve Townsend, was an American stage and film actress.BFI.org She was born in Freeport, Illinois and attended Mount Holyoke College, where she majored in English and English Literature.Llamarada, 1920 After graduating in 1920, she moved to Britain, where she joined Frank Benson's theatre company. During the mid-1920s she had several lead roles in British silent films. She died in Switzerland, of tuberculosis, at the age of 29 in 1927.Ancestry.com, "Reports of Deaths of American Citizens Abroad, 1835-1974"
In 1928, Mount Holyoke College established the Genevieve Schmich Award in her honor.Mount Holyoke and Hampshire College Archives, Genevieve Schmich Award records
Selected filmography The Secret Kingdom (1925) A Girl of London (1925) The Qualified Adventurer (1925) The Chinese Bungalow (1926)
References
Sources Trewin, J. C. (1960). Benson and the Bensonians. London: Barrie and Rockliff.
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