Zyllah Inez Shannon was an American actress who performed on stage[1] and screen. In one of her theatrical roles she portrayed an intellectually advanced child.[2]

Biography

Zyllah Inez Shannon was born in Missouri, to a family with six generations of history in theater. Her mother, Inez Shannon, was an actress and musician prominent in the 1910s.[3]

Zyllah began appearing onstage at age two. Her best-known role was that of the young orphan Mary Margaret in Channing Pollock's play The Fool.[4][5]

Theater

  • The White Cat (1905)
  • Confessions of a Wife (1907)[6]
  • The Fool Has Said in His Heart - There is No God (1908)[7]
  • The Family (1910)[8]
  • Youth (1920)[9]
  • The Fool (1923)
  • The Front Page (1929)[10]

Filmography

References

  1. ↑ "The Index". March 20, 1907 – via Google Books.
  2. ↑ "Life". Life Magazine, Incorporated. March 20, 1908 – via page 301.
  3. ↑ "Are We Really Like That?". Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. March 17, 1929. p. 29. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via NewspaperArchive.
  4. ↑ "Zyllah Shannon of 'Fool' Company Here". The Gazette. April 15, 1924. p. 20. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Dean, James W. (September 2, 1923). "New York Stage". Tulsa Tribune. New York. p. 18. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "The Drama". Democrat and Chronicle. January 13, 1907. p. 12. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "The Bookman". Dodd, Mead and Company. March 20, 1908 – via page 184.
  8. ↑ Marshall, Edward (March 20, 1911). "The Family: A Story of Forgiveness". G.W. Dillingham Company – via page 8.
  9. ↑ "Zyllah Inez Shannon". Playbill.
  10. ↑ Harrison, R. M. (April 11, 1929). "The Theatre and Its People". Windsor Star. p. 6. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Nash, Jay Robert; Connelly, Robert; Ross, Stanley Ralph (January 20, 1988). Motion Picture Guide Silent Film 1910-1936. Cinebooks. ISBN 9780933997103 – via page 438.
  12. ↑ "Big Feature Act Coming to Union Square Theatre". The Berkshire Eagle. January 15, 1925. p. 4. Retrieved May 14, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
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