Virginia Tracy (1874 – March 4, 1946)Silent Film Necrology, p.526 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana was an American adventurer, stage actress, novelist and screenwriter. In the newspaper world she wrote primarily for the New York Tribune.New York Tribune; Sunday May 23, 1920; Shakespeare Would Have Written Scenarios, Says Sothern
Biography She was the daughter of Victorian actress Helen Tracy (1850–1924). and Shakespearean actor John McCullough.see..Helen Tracy;CabinetCard
At 20, in 1894, she wrote one of her first professional reports after accompanying a caravan of actors led by Maurice Barrymore traveling cross country on train.Great Times, Good Times: The Odyssey of Maurice Barrymore by James Kotsilibas Davis c.1977 In the 1920s she wrote several large scale epics for the Fox Film Corporation.
Tracy's Broadway credits as an actress included Escape This Night (1938), Sweet Mystery of Life (1935), Post Road (1934), Jig Saw (1934), And Be My Love, (1934), Lone Valley (1933), Bulls, Bears and Asses (1932), Wild Waves (1932), and Up York State (1901).
On March 4, 1946, Tracy died in New York City. She apparently had never married.
Works Merely Players: The Stories of Stage Life (1909)Merely Players: Stories of Stage Life c.1909 by Virginia Tracy Persons Unknown (1914) Person's Unknown by Virginia Tracy c.1914; GoogleBooks.com Starring Dulcy Jayne (1927)Starring Dulcy Jayne by Virginia Tracy; book cover sleeve c.1927 Moment After (1930) The Personal Appearance of a Lioness (1937)
Filmography The Queen of Sheba (1921) Nero (1922) The Shepherd King (1923) The Net (1924)
References
External links Virginia Tracy at IMDb.com portrait of Virginia Tracy(Wayback) portrait head shot(Wayback)