{{Short description|American actress and writer}} {{Infobox person | name = Grace Griswold | image = | caption = | birth_name = Grace Griswold Hall | birth_date = 1871 | birth_place = Ashtabula, Ohio | death_date = {{death date and age|1927|06|13|1871}} | death_place = New York, New York | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1894-1927 | spouse = | children = }} '''Grace Griswold''' (1871-1927)<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'', p.215 2nd edition c.2001 by Eugene M. Vazzana</ref> was an American stage and film actress. She was born to Joseph B. Hall and Juliet Griswold. She was educated in the Chicago area. Before beginning her stage career she had been a secretary and journalist.<ref>''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976'' vol.2 D-H pgs.1014-1015; from annual editions originally published by John Parker, 1976 editions by Gale Research Co.</ref> In November 1894, she made her stage debut at Daly's Theatre in Shakespeare's play ''Twelfth Night''. She appeared on stage with some well known names of the day such as Raymond Hitchcock, John Bunny, Elsie Janis in her big breakout hit ''The Vanderbilt Cup'', Julie Herne and Mary Shaw
Long a character actress on Broadway, she made her first silent film appearance in George Arliss's 1921 version of ''Disraeli''. Her later movie appearances were sporadic and she died in 1927.
==Some Theater== *''The Village Postmaster'' (1900) *''Cashel Byron'' (1900) *''Easy Dawson'' (1905) *''The Vanderbilt Cup'' (1906 & revived 1907) *''Votes for Women'' (1909) *''Over Night'' (1911) *''Hamlet'' (1912) *''The Point of View'' (1912) *''The Poor Little Rich Girl'' (1913) *''Who's Who'' (1913) *''The Good Men Do'' (1918) *''Billeted'' (1922)
==Filmography== *''Disraeli'' (1921) *''Smilin' Through'' (1922) *''One Exciting Night'' (1922) *''Anna Ascends'' (1922) *''The Ragged Edge'' (1923)
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==External links== *[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0342656/?ref_=fn_al_nm_1 Grace Griswold at IMDb.com] *[https://www.ibdb.com/broadway-cast-staff/grace-griswold-5941 Grace Griswold] at IBDB.com *[https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47de-e7fa-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99 portrait] (NYPublic Library, Billy Rose collection) *[https://collections.mcny.org/asset-management/24UAKVCN6AC#/DamView&VBID=24UP1GQ3UIX_4&PN=1&WS=SearchResults Grace Griswold portraits](CityMuseumNewYork)
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