Emily Ann Wellman ( – March 19, 1946),Who Was Who on Screen p. 484 by Evelyn Mack Truitt c. 1977, 3rd ed. also known as Emily Ann Barker,The Nome Daily Nugget May 31, 1915 (chroniclingamerica) was an English born stage actress and playwright. Her earliest Broadway credit is from 1908 in The Man Who Stood Still, produced by William A. Brady. She appeared with Louis Mann and Mathilde Cottrelly in The Cheater in 1910 and again with Mann in 1912 in Elevating A Husband.Pictorial History of the American Theatre: 1860–1970, pp. 120 & 135 by Daniel Blum c. 1969 In 1920, a play she wrote called A Question of Time was produced off Broadway by A. H. Woods.The Evening Star (Washington D.C.) Amusements Theater and Photoplay; Sunday Morning May 16, 1920 She died in New York City on March 19, 1946.
Marriages She was married at least three times once to a Billy Dornberg and then a physician Dr. H. W. Wellman by whose surname she acted under professionally. Her final marriage was to the actor Richard Gordon.The Washington Times "DC Liked Gordon"; July 18, 1933
Selected plays The Who Stood Still (1908) The Cheater (1910) Elevating a Husband (1912)The Atlanta Georgian and News Friday November 1, 1912 The Unborn (1915) The Guilty Man (1916) The Wasp (1923) The Dagger (1925)
References
External links Internet Broadway Database Emily Ann Wellman portraits gallery(NY Public Library; Billy Rose collection) Old Mill Cigarettes stenciling Emily Ann Wellman(archived)