
Trixie Friganza
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1870-11-29
Day of Death
1955-02-27 (84 years old)
Place of Birth
Grenola, Kansas, USA
Trixie Friganza
Biography
Trixie Friganza (November 29, 1870 – February 27, 1955), born Delia O’Callaghan, began her career as an operetta soubrette working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit.
She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic and retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns. She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent. She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons (played "Aramanthe Dedincourt") and is most well-known for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes (or Vokins?) in The Orchid, Mrs. Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris, for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912, and of course her unforgettable run as a vaudeville headliner. During the height of her career, she used her fame to promote social, civic, and political issues of importance, such as self-love and the Suffragist movement.
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Acting
(1940)
If I Had My Way
as Herself
(1937)
(1936)
Silks and Saddles
as Aunt Agatha Braddock
(1935)
Wanderer of the Wasteland
as Big Jo
(1933)
Myrt and Marge
as Mrs. Minter
(1930)
Free and Easy
as Ma
(1930)
Estrellados
as Self (Guest Appearance at Premiere)
(1930)
The Unholy Three
as Lady Customer (uncredited)
(1930)
The March of Time
as Self - Old Timer Sequence
(1930)
(1929)
(1928)
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
as Mrs. Spoffard
(1927)
A Racing Romeo
as Aunt Hattie
(1926)
Almost a Lady
as Mrs. Reilly
(1926)
Monte Carlo
as Flossie Payne
(1926)
The Whole Town's Talking
as Mrs. George Simmons
(1925)
Proud Flesh
as Mrs. McKee
(1925)
The Charmer
as Mama
(1925)
The Road to Yesterday
as Harriet Tyrell
(1925)
Borrowed Finery
as Mrs. Brown
(1923)
Mind Over Motor
as Tish