Edith Taliaferro was an American stage and film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was active on the stage until 1935 and had roles in three silent films. She is best known for portraying the role of Rebecca in the 1910 stage production of Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm.
Taliaferro in 1907
Taliaferro in Metropolitan Magazine, January 1899
Edith Taliaferro (right), with her sister Mabel in 1913.
Edith Taliaferro age 17
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm (play)
Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm is a play written by Kate Douglas Wiggin and Charlotte Thompson. It is an adaptation of Wiggin's novels about the character Rebecca Rowena Randall, including elements from the 1903 novel of the same name and the 1907 follow-up, New Chronicles of Rebecca. Producers Klaw and Erlanger debuted it at the Court Square Theatre in Springfield, Massachusetts on November 15, 1909. After touring New England for a season, it appeared on Broadway, opening at the Republic Theatre on October 3, 1910. The play received positive reviews and was used as the basis for subsequent movie adaptations.
Poster for the play
Edith Taliaferro played Rebecca in the Broadway production.
Ursula St. George played Rebecca in the Klaw & Erlanger touring company, 1911–1912.
