Yvonne Garrick (born 25 July 1875) was a French stage actress.
Early life Yvonne Garrick was born Eugénie Marie Louise Garchery at Charolles."Garrick Mlle Yvonne" Annales de l'Académie de Mâcon (January, 1905): 107. She studied acting with Maurice de Féraudy at the Conservatoire de Paris."Small Talk on the Boulevards" The Sketch (March 12, 1902): 295. She won the highest prize among female students when she graduated from the Conservatoire in 1900."Two New Stars in Drama" Chicago Sunday Tribune (July 29, 1900): 9. via Newspapers.com
Career In Paris Garrick was a new actress when she appeared in Château Historique in 1900 at the Theatre National de l'Odéon."France Weary of Dreyfus Affair" Chicago Tribune (December 23, 1900): 11. via Newspapers.com She played the title role in Psyche, and appeared in Le Mariage de Figaro, Colinette, and La Nuit de Mai,"Le Theatre" Revue universelle (1901): 112. at the Odéon, all in 1901.Édouard Marie Émile Noël, Edmond Stoullig, Les Annales du théâtre et de la musique (Librairie Paul Ollendorff 1902): 139, 152–153. Garrick appeared in Le Luxe des Autres at the Odéon in 1902.With the Comédie-Française in 1905, she played Jessica in Shylock, ou le Marchand de Venice."Drama" The Athenaeum (April 22, 1905): 510. She played the title role in Jeanne Qui Rit at the Théatre Rejane in 1908."Jeanne Qui Rit Produced" New York Times (December 16, 1908): 6. In 1909, back at the Odéon, she starred in Le Poussin."Le Poussin a l'Odéon" Comœdia illustré (January 1909): 37–38. She starred in Edouard Pailleron's comedy Le Monde où l'on s'ennuie with the Comédie Francaise, and she returned to that show to the United States.Untitled theatre news item, New York Times (April 16, 1916): X7.
In North America Garrick's New York debut came in 1915, in the farce Mon Ami Teddy."American Side for a French Triangle" New York Times (December 14, 1915): 13. She reprised her role in Le Monde où l'on s'ennuie and was also in Arsène Lupin and La Sacrifiee, all at New York's Theatre Francais in the spring of 1916."Le Theatre Francais" The World Court (June 1916): 500."Pailleron's Farce Played in French" New York Times (April 18, 1916): 11. "French Act 'Arsene Lupin'" New York Times (January 19, 1916): 12. "La Sacrifee Given" Brooklyn Daily Eagle (February 15, 1916): 20. via Newspapers.com In 1919, she starred in Frou Frou in Montréal,"At the Orpheum" The Gazette (April 26, 1919): 16. via Newspapers.com and in Le Gendre de M. Poirier at the Theatre du Vieux Columbier;"Yvonne Garrick" Theatre Magazine (February 1919): 97. and she was in a company at the Lenox Little Theater."Carlo Liten Announces Company for New York Season" Music News (June 13, 1919): 22. In 1920, Garrick toured the United States in three short plays, opposite Belgian actor Carlo Liten;"Carlo Liten to Tour" Musical Courier (January 15, 1920): 45. she also appeared in Musk on Broadway that year."Will Present 'Musk' March 11" New York Times (March 1, 1920): 9. "Dodge and Pogany's Productions" New York Times (December 18, 1919): 18. "An Old, Old Story is Told in 'Musk' at Punch & Judy" Daily News (March 19, 1920): 12. via Newspapers.com In 1921 she gave a recitation at a reception for French ambassador Jean Jules Jusserand given by the Cercle Rochambeau in New York."Reception to J.J. Jusserand" New York Times (February 20, 1921): E1.
World War I benefit performances In January 1916, Garrick was part of a group of actresses and writers to read letters from Edith Wharton's The Book of the Homeless, at a fundraising event for war relief causes, at art gallery in New York."War Manuscripts Read" New York Times (January 25, 1916): 10. She was on the programs of wartime benefit shows in 1918, including a concert for Secours Franco-Americain at the Ritz-Carlton"In Aid of Secours Franco-Americain" New York Times (February 19, 1918): 13. and a Lake Placid, NY fundraiser for the American Friends of Musicians in France,"American Friends of Musicians in France Give Concert at Lake Placid" Musical Leader (September 5, 1918): 235. as well as singing in Le Petit Abbé, a one-act opera by Charles Grisart at the Metropolitan Opera, which also featured Enrico Caruso and Frances Alda.
Personal life There were published rumors that Garrick would marry wealthy American James Hazen Hyde in 1906."Hyde May Marry French Actress" Philadelphia Inquirer (December 9, 1906): 17. via Newspapers.com A photograph in the Library of Congress shows her as "Yvonne Garrick Garchery" in the 1910s.Bain News Service, Publisher. Yvonne Garrick Garchery, Andree Barlette (c. 1910–1915). Photograph.
References
External links A 1913 publicity image of Yvonne Garrick, from Getty Images. A 1916 portrait of Yvonne Garrick by Arnold Genthe, in the collection of the Library of Congress. Yvonne Garrick's listing on IBDB.