World famous stage tragedienne Mrs Patrick Campbell, born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner in London, is remembered for her leading part of Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" among others. Though her lasting career, both on stage, and then on the screen in Hollywood during the 30s, she died forgotten and destitute in a hotel room of Pau, a resort south town at the foot of the Pyrenees in France. She was put to rest in Urbain cemetery.
Her thirty-year correspondence with Shaw, who loved her before cruelly rejecting her and whose plays she was often the first to present and champion is one of the most famous recorded flirtation of the twentieth century. Her credo was "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm".∼She was a British stage actress. She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner, to John Tanner and Maria Luigia Giovanna, daughter of Count Angelo Romanini. She studied for a short time at the Guildhall School of Music. Her first marriage, from which she took the name by which she is generally known, produced two children, Alan Urquhart ('Beo') and Stella, and ended with the death of her first husband in the Boer War in 1900. Later she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West, a dashing writer and soldier previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Sir Winston Churchill. Her professional stage debut was in 1888 at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell. In March, 1890, she appeared in London at the Adelphi, where she afterward played again in 1891–93. She became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893, at St. James's Theatre where she also appeared in 1894 in The Masqueraders. In 1900, Mrs. Pat, having become her own Manager and Director, made her debut performance on Broadway in New York City in Magda (Heimat) by Hermann Sudermann, a marked success. Subsequent appearances in New York and on tour in the United States established her as a major theatrical presence in America. In the late 1890s Campbell first became aware of George Bernard Shaw - the famous and feared dramatic critic for "The Saturday Review" - who lavishly praised her better performances and thoroughly criticised her lesser efforts. Shaw had already used her as inspiration for some of his plays before their first meeting in 1897 when he unsuccessfully tried to persuade Mrs Pat to play the role of Judith Anderson in the first production of his play The Devil's Disciple. But it was not until 1912 when they began negotiations for the London production of Pygmalion that Shaw developed the infatuation for Mrs. Pat that resulted in a passionate, yet unconsummated, love affair of mutual fascination and a legendary exchange of letters.
∼English Stage Actress. Born Beatrice Stella Tanner.Studied at the Guildhall School of Music.
Her thirty-year correspondence with Shaw, who loved her before cruelly rejecting her and whose plays she was often the first to present and champion is one of the most famous recorded flirtation of the twentieth century. Her credo was "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm".∼She was a British stage actress. She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner, to John Tanner and Maria Luigia Giovanna, daughter of Count Angelo Romanini. She studied for a short time at the Guildhall School of Music. Her first marriage, from which she took the name by which she is generally known, produced two children, Alan Urquhart ('Beo') and Stella, and ended with the death of her first husband in the Boer War in 1900. Later she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West, a dashing writer and soldier previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Sir Winston Churchill. Her professional stage debut was in 1888 at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell. In March, 1890, she appeared in London at the Adelphi, where she afterward played again in 1891–93. She became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893, at St. James's Theatre where she also appeared in 1894 in The Masqueraders. In 1900, Mrs. Pat, having become her own Manager and Director, made her debut performance on Broadway in New York City in Magda (Heimat) by Hermann Sudermann, a marked success. Subsequent appearances in New York and on tour in the United States established her as a major theatrical presence in America. In the late 1890s Campbell first became aware of George Bernard Shaw - the famous and feared dramatic critic for "The Saturday Review" - who lavishly praised her better performances and thoroughly criticised her lesser efforts. Shaw had already used her as inspiration for some of his plays before their first meeting in 1897 when he unsuccessfully tried to persuade Mrs Pat to play the role of Judith Anderson in the first production of his play The Devil's Disciple. But it was not until 1912 when they began negotiations for the London production of Pygmalion that Shaw developed the infatuation for Mrs. Pat that resulted in a passionate, yet unconsummated, love affair of mutual fascination and a legendary exchange of letters.
∼English Stage Actress. Born Beatrice Stella Tanner.Studied at the Guildhall School of Music.
World famous stage tragedienne Mrs Patrick Campbell, born Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner in London, is remembered for her leading part of Bernard Shaw's "Pygmalion" among others. Though her lasting career, both on stage, and then on the screen in Hollywood during the 30s, she died forgotten and destitute in a hotel room of Pau, a resort south town at the foot of the Pyrenees in France. She was put to rest in Urbain cemetery.
Her thirty-year correspondence with Shaw, who loved her before cruelly rejecting her and whose plays she was often the first to present and champion is one of the most famous recorded flirtation of the twentieth century. Her credo was "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm".∼She was a British stage actress. She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner, to John Tanner and Maria Luigia Giovanna, daughter of Count Angelo Romanini. She studied for a short time at the Guildhall School of Music. Her first marriage, from which she took the name by which she is generally known, produced two children, Alan Urquhart ('Beo') and Stella, and ended with the death of her first husband in the Boer War in 1900. Later she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West, a dashing writer and soldier previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Sir Winston Churchill. Her professional stage debut was in 1888 at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell. In March, 1890, she appeared in London at the Adelphi, where she afterward played again in 1891–93. She became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893, at St. James's Theatre where she also appeared in 1894 in The Masqueraders. In 1900, Mrs. Pat, having become her own Manager and Director, made her debut performance on Broadway in New York City in Magda (Heimat) by Hermann Sudermann, a marked success. Subsequent appearances in New York and on tour in the United States established her as a major theatrical presence in America. In the late 1890s Campbell first became aware of George Bernard Shaw - the famous and feared dramatic critic for "The Saturday Review" - who lavishly praised her better performances and thoroughly criticised her lesser efforts. Shaw had already used her as inspiration for some of his plays before their first meeting in 1897 when he unsuccessfully tried to persuade Mrs Pat to play the role of Judith Anderson in the first production of his play The Devil's Disciple. But it was not until 1912 when they began negotiations for the London production of Pygmalion that Shaw developed the infatuation for Mrs. Pat that resulted in a passionate, yet unconsummated, love affair of mutual fascination and a legendary exchange of letters.
∼English Stage Actress. Born Beatrice Stella Tanner.Studied at the Guildhall School of Music.
Her thirty-year correspondence with Shaw, who loved her before cruelly rejecting her and whose plays she was often the first to present and champion is one of the most famous recorded flirtation of the twentieth century. Her credo was "Success is the ability to go from failure to failure without losing your enthusiasm".∼She was a British stage actress. She was born Beatrice Stella Tanner, to John Tanner and Maria Luigia Giovanna, daughter of Count Angelo Romanini. She studied for a short time at the Guildhall School of Music. Her first marriage, from which she took the name by which she is generally known, produced two children, Alan Urquhart ('Beo') and Stella, and ended with the death of her first husband in the Boer War in 1900. Later she became the second wife of George Cornwallis-West, a dashing writer and soldier previously married to Jennie Jerome, the mother of Sir Winston Churchill. Her professional stage debut was in 1888 at the Alexandra Theatre, Liverpool, four years after her marriage to Patrick Campbell. In March, 1890, she appeared in London at the Adelphi, where she afterward played again in 1891–93. She became successful as a result of starring in Sir Arthur Wing Pinero's play, The Second Mrs Tanqueray, in 1893, at St. James's Theatre where she also appeared in 1894 in The Masqueraders. In 1900, Mrs. Pat, having become her own Manager and Director, made her debut performance on Broadway in New York City in Magda (Heimat) by Hermann Sudermann, a marked success. Subsequent appearances in New York and on tour in the United States established her as a major theatrical presence in America. In the late 1890s Campbell first became aware of George Bernard Shaw - the famous and feared dramatic critic for "The Saturday Review" - who lavishly praised her better performances and thoroughly criticised her lesser efforts. Shaw had already used her as inspiration for some of his plays before their first meeting in 1897 when he unsuccessfully tried to persuade Mrs Pat to play the role of Judith Anderson in the first production of his play The Devil's Disciple. But it was not until 1912 when they began negotiations for the London production of Pygmalion that Shaw developed the infatuation for Mrs. Pat that resulted in a passionate, yet unconsummated, love affair of mutual fascination and a legendary exchange of letters.
∼English Stage Actress. Born Beatrice Stella Tanner.Studied at the Guildhall School of Music.
Family Members
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- Urbain Cemetery Cornwallis-West or Tanner
- Denguin Cornwallis-West or Tanner
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- Aquitaine Cornwallis-West or Tanner
- France Cornwallis-West or Tanner
- Find a Grave Cornwallis-West or Tanner
