Eugenie Duggan

Eugenie Marian Duggan[1] (1872 – 2 November 1936) was a popular Australian stage actress. She was the sister of the actors Edmund and P.J. Duggan. She began studying acting, won a number of elocution competitions and made her professional debut in 1890 in Romeo and Juliet.[2]

She joined the company of theatre entrepreneur William Anderson, and later married him. She played a wide range of roles throughout Australia and New Zealand, including the title part in the original 1907 production of The Squatter's Daughter. In 1920 she toured with her own company, the Eugenie Duggan Company. She later retired from acting and established a drama school.[3] She and Anderson had one child, a daughter, Mary, but were separated at the time of her death on 2 November 1936.[4][5]

Select theatrical credits
  • Cyrano de Bergerac
  • East Lynne
  • A Woman of Pleasure
  • The Work Girl
  • A Sailor's Sweetheart
  • Honor Thy Father
  • Mariners of England
  • Night Birds of London
  • Between Two Women
  • A Girl's Cross Roads
  • Human Nature
  • Female Swindler
  • When London Sleeps
  • The Ladder of Life
  • The Squatter's Daughter (1907)
  • The Winning Ticket (1910)
  • My Mate (1911)
  • The Girl of the Never Never (1912)
  • The Little Girl God Forgot (1920)

References
  1. Williams, Margaret (1979). "Anderson, William (1868–1940)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. Retrieved 16 June 2017.
  2. "AN AUSTRALIAN ARTISTE." Fitzroy City Press (Vic) 5 September 1890: 3 accessed 30 December 2011.
  3. "Death of an Australian Actress", The Age, 3 November 1936, p 4; accessed 30 December 2011.
  4. Lee Ann Richards, 'How Ambition Ruined Early Aussie Champion of Local Talent' stagewhispers.com.au; accessed 30 December 2011.
  5. "AN ACTRESS LOOKS BACK". The Age (24, 471). Victoria, Australia. 16 September 1933. p. 8. Retrieved 6 April 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
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