Trixie Friganza
American actress
Died when: 84 years 90 days (1010 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Trixie Friganza (born Delia O'Callaghan;November 29, 1870 – February 27, 1955) was an American actress.She began her career as an operetta soubrette, working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit.
She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic.She retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns.
She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent.
She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons (she played "Aramanthe Dedincourt") and is best known for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes (or Vokins?) in The Orchid, Mrs.
Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris, for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912, and her run as a vaudeville headliner.
During the height of her career, she used her fame to promote social, civic, and political issues of importance, such as self-love and the Suffragist movement.
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