Albert Oldfield Brown
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Albert Oldfield Brown (December 30, 1872 – March 5, 1945), known professionally as A. O. Brown, was a stockbroker, Broadway manager, and a Shepherd (president) of The Lambs from 1921 to 1924 and again from 1930 to 1932. He was president of the Percy Williams Home for Retired Actors and Actresses.[1]
Biography
[edit]He was born on December 30, 1872, in Manhattan, New York City. He married Mary Arents in 1891.[1]
His first job was as a clerk at the Real Estate Trust Company. He then worked as a cashier at the American Tobacco Company. In 1902 he formed the A. O. Brown brokerage firm but he went bankrupt in the Panic of 1907.[2]
In November 1908 he married Edna Wallace Hopper.[3]
He died on March 5, 1945, at Columbia-Presbyterian Hospital in Manhattan, New York City.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Albert O. Brown, 73, Lambs Ex-Shepherd". The New York Times. March 6, 1945. Retrieved 2014-12-31.
- ^ Lewis Hardee (2006). "Albert Oldfield Brown". The Lambs Theatre Club. ISBN 9780786423217.
- ^ Jim Alessio (2009). The Eternal Flapper: The Many Lives of Edna Wallace Hopper. AuthorHouse. ISBN 9781438961286.