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Winifred Lenihan

Winifred Lenihan, American actress, writer, and director (died 1964)

Born
December 6, 1898
Died
July 27, 1964
Zodiac sign
Sagittarius
Birth year
1898

About Winifred Lenihan

Winifred Lenihan (December 6, 1898 – July 27, 1964) was an American actress, writer, and director. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making her debut in 1918. Although she portrayed the would-be eloper Anne in The Dover Road (1921), Anne Hathaway in Will Shakespeare (1923), and the resourceful Mary Todd in White Wings (1926), she is recalled mostly as Joan of Arc in the original American production of Saint Joan (1923). I went there, took the tests and became a pupil." From the school, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she made her stage debut in 1918 as Belline in.

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Winifred Lenihan timeline

  1. I went there, took the tests and became a pupil." From the school, the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, she made her stage debut in 1918 as Belline in.
  2. She studied at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts before making her debut in 1918.

The world when Winifred Lenihan was born

Winifred Lenihan was born in 1898. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

  • Top headlineSpanish-American War — US gains territories
  • Technology milestoneMarie & Pierre Curie discover radium
  • World population~1.58B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam McKinley
  • U.S. population71.0M

1898 versus 2026

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Measure18982026
Population71.0M341 million

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