Suzanne Caubet | |
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 Suzanne Caubet, from a 1927 midweek pictorial publication | |
| Born | (1898-09-27)September 27, 1898 |
| Died | 1980(1980-00-00) (aged 81–82) Englewood, New Jersey |
| Other names | Suzanne Caubaye, Suzanne Caubet Wilbur (after marriage), S. C. Wilbur, Jeanne Caubannes (pen name) |
| Occupations | actress, singer, writer |
| Years active | 1917–1955 |
| Known for | stage career; protégée of Sarah Bernhardt |
Suzanne Caubet (September 27, 1898 – June 1980), also known asSuzanne Caubaye, was a French actress, singer, and writer.
Suzanne Caubet was born inLévignac to French parents.[1] She was raised in Paris, and knew her godmother[2]Sarah Bernhardt through her father Prospere Caubet and uncle,Georges Deneubourg, both actors.[3] She was a child actor and traveled with Bernhardt's company to the United States, where Caubet stayed after 1919.[4][5]
Caubet was based in New York as an actress.[6] "Miss Caudet has the distinct advantage of being a striking brunette," the New York Times observed of her appearance in 1919.[7] She appeared on Broadway inDu Theatre au Champ D'Honneur (1917),Easy Terms (1925),The Squall (1926–1927),[8]Ringside (1928),Seven (1929–1930),The Plutocrat (1930),Dancing Partner (1930),The Great Barrington (1931),Angeline Moves In (1932),Singapore (1932),The Monster (1933),Another Love (1934),Broadway Interlude (1934),Symphony (1935),American Holiday (1936),Claudia (1942),It's a Gift (1945), andMid-Summer (1953).[9]
In 1955 she appeared in "The File Clerk", an episode of the television anthology seriesI Spy.
Caubet wrote a play with Anne Partridge,Our Sarah (1945), about Sarah Bernhardt,[10] and comediesRiri (1929, with Daniel Auschitzky),[11] andJust You, Madame (1932).[12] She also adapted Daniel Auschitzky'sHide and Seek (1929).[13] Under the pseudonym "Jeanne Caubannes" she wroteRanah (1928) with Wood Soanes.[14]
In 1938 Caubet was teaching in the drama department atMarymount College and directing a Christmas pageant at the school.[15] In 1942, she served as a French language specialist for the wartime Postal Censorship Office, while also appearing in a Broadway show.[16]
Suzanne Caubet married actor and playwrightCrane Wilbur in 1922. They divorced in 1928.[17] She died in 1980, aged 81 years, at the Actors' Fund Home inEnglewood, New Jersey. Her papers are archived in theNew York Public Library's Billy Rose Theatre Division.[18]
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