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Dion Boucicault Jr. (born Darley George Boucicault; 23 May 1859 – 25 June 1929) was an actor and stage director. A son of the well-known playwright Dion Boucicault and actress Agnes Robertson, he followed his father into the theatrical profession and made a career as a character actor and a director.
She would bear Dion six children: Dion William Boucicault (1855–1876); Eva Boucicault (1857–1909); Dion Jr. (1859–1929); Patrice Boucicault (1862–1890); Nina Boucicault (1867–1950); Aubrey (1868–1913); three of whom became distinguished actors in their own right.
Dion Boucicault Jr. was born on 23 May 1859 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for Masks and Faces (1917). He was married to Irene Vanbrugh. He died on 25 June 1929 in Hurley, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
- Actor
- May 23, 1859
- Dion Boucicault Jr.
- June 25, 1929
Tue Apr 9 2019 - 10:00. Playwright, actor and theatre manager Dionysius Lardner Boucicault is remembered as the originator of the so-called “sensation” scene, in which a hero or heroine is...
Actor and playwright; father of Darley George Boucicault (Dion Boucicault Jr) Dion Boucicault was an Irish-American playwright and actor, and was a major influence on the form and content of American drama. Educated in England, he began acting in 1837.
Dion Boucicault (Jr) Born Darley George Boucicault in New York, the third child of actor and playwright Dion Boucicault. Following the death of his elder brother Dion William Boucicault in 1876 he adopted the stage name Dion Boucicault.
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Dion Boucicault was an Irish-American playwright and actor, a major influence on the form and content of American drama. Educated in England, Boucicault began acting in 1837 and in 1840 submitted his first play to Mme Vestris at Covent Garden; it was rejected.
