Mabel Frenyear (August 25, 1880 â€" died after 1921) was an actress
and chorus girl on stage and in three silent films.Frenyear appeared
in three silent films, A Fool There Was (1915), a Theda Bara vehicle,
Tit for Tat (1915), a comedy, and Social Quicksands (1918), written by
Katharine Kavanaugh. On her first trip to make films in Los Angeles in
1914, she made headlines for criticizing local women's fashion.
"Southern California is a wonderland to me, but the women in Los
Angeles; oh, they dress so terribly," she declared.On Broadway,
Frenyear's roles included parts in The Girl in the Barracks (1899),
The Stronger Sex (1908-1909), The Only Law (1909), Where There's a
Will (1910), You Can Never Tell (1915), The Importance of Being
Earnest (1921, as Miss Prism), and Montmartre (1922). She also
appeared in productions of The Wizard of Oz, Babes in Toyland, Father
and the Boys (1910), The 'Mind-the-Paint' Girl (1912), Nothing But the
Truth (1916), and Kissing Time (1921).Frenyear took chorus roles to
prepare for her role as a chorus girl in The Only Law. A Minnesota
reviewer in 1921 noted that Frenyear was "really pretty and plays her
part with spirit." Her stage work was not always so admired; "If Miss
Frenyear would not shriek her lines unintelligibly," commented one
reviewer in 1915, "the worst defect of the production would be
removed."
and chorus girl on stage and in three silent films.Frenyear appeared
in three silent films, A Fool There Was (1915), a Theda Bara vehicle,
Tit for Tat (1915), a comedy, and Social Quicksands (1918), written by
Katharine Kavanaugh. On her first trip to make films in Los Angeles in
1914, she made headlines for criticizing local women's fashion.
"Southern California is a wonderland to me, but the women in Los
Angeles; oh, they dress so terribly," she declared.On Broadway,
Frenyear's roles included parts in The Girl in the Barracks (1899),
The Stronger Sex (1908-1909), The Only Law (1909), Where There's a
Will (1910), You Can Never Tell (1915), The Importance of Being
Earnest (1921, as Miss Prism), and Montmartre (1922). She also
appeared in productions of The Wizard of Oz, Babes in Toyland, Father
and the Boys (1910), The 'Mind-the-Paint' Girl (1912), Nothing But the
Truth (1916), and Kissing Time (1921).Frenyear took chorus roles to
prepare for her role as a chorus girl in The Only Law. A Minnesota
reviewer in 1921 noted that Frenyear was "really pretty and plays her
part with spirit." Her stage work was not always so admired; "If Miss
Frenyear would not shriek her lines unintelligibly," commented one
reviewer in 1915, "the worst defect of the production would be
removed."
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