Haidee Wright

{{Short description|English actress (1867–1943)}} {{Use British English|date=January 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2025}} {{infobox person | name = Haidee Wright | image = HaideeWright1921.jpg | image_size = | caption = Haidee Wright, from a 1921 publication. | birth_name = Ada Wright | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1867|1|13}} | birth_place = London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1943|1|29|1867|1|13}} | death_place = London, England | resting_place = | resting_place_coordinates = | other_names = | occupation = Actress | years_active = 1878–1938 | spouse = | partner = | children = | parents = Frederick Wright<br>Jessie (Francis) Wright | relatives = Huntley Wright (brother) }} '''Haidee Wright''' (13 January 1867 – 29 January 1943), born as '''Ada Wright''', was a London born English character actress. She began acting in plays in 1878 when a small child. She came from a family of actors and had a long career in the United Kingdom and the United States with much Broadway work with occasional parts in films.<ref>''Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912 – 1976'', compilation of annual editions originally published by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research</ref> Her parents and many siblings were actors. One of her brothers was Huntley Wright.<ref>''Silent Film Necrology'' 2nd Edition, p. 577, by Eugene Michael Vazzana c.2001</ref>

==Selected plays== *''The Passing of the Third Floor Back'' (1908) *''What Never Dies'' (1926)<ref name="dn122926">{{cite news |last=Mantle |first=Burn |title='What Never Dies' Nearly Swoons |work=Daily News |date=29 December 1926 |location=New York, New York |page=121 |via = Newspapers.com}}</ref> *''The Royal Family'' (1927)

==Partial filmography== * ''Evidence'' (1915) * ''The Winning Goal'' (1920) * ''Aunt Rachel'' (1920) * ''Colonel Newcome'' (1920) * ''Demos'' (1921) * ''The Old Country'' (1921) * ''The Glorious Adventure'' (1922) * ''A Bachelor's Baby'' (1922) * ''Paddy the Next Best Thing'' (1923) * ''Strange Evidence'' (1933) * ''The Blarney Stone'' (1933) * ''Tomorrow We Live'' (1936)

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==External links== {{commons category|Haidee Wright}} *{{IMDb name|0942424}} *{{IBDB name|65707}} *[https://www.flickr.com/photos/42399206@N03/4228476783/ portrait in early role] *[https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/198414930/haidee-jessie-wright findagrave]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Wright, Haidee}} Category:1867 births Category:1943 deaths Category:English stage actresses Category:English film actresses Category:English silent film actresses Category:Actresses from London Category:20th-century English actresses