Claude P. Greneker, son of Thomas F. & Cornelia Sligh Greneker. He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1897. Following in his fathers footsteps, C.P. became a journalist and worked for the Pittsburg Daily Press before heading to New York City. There C.P. was for many years publicity director for the Shubert Theater Group. C.P. was among the notable names of the American theatre in the Biographical Encyclopaedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre. He also is one of many caricatures at Sardi's Restaurant in NYC; drawn by the famous artist Alex Gard.
In 1913, C.P. married Miss Clara Josephine O'Neill, an actress on the Broadway stage. No children were born to this union. Clara died on September 15, 1920.
After Clara's death, in 1921, C.P. married Miss Lillian L. Lidman from Savannah, GA. They met in New York while Miss Lidman was acting on Broadway. CPG did not want his wife to continue in the theater, so LLG devoted herself to supervising the renovation of their first house, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. She later founded the Greneker Corporation to produce life-like mannequins; soon they were selling them to leading department stores all over the world.
In a January 8, 1940 Times Magazine article entitled: The Theatre: Portrait of a Press Agent; it said, "Broadway's press agents (officially known as press representatives) number some 50 (a few of them women). About 15 really count. They are a special breed, with one foot in the theatre and the other in a newspaper office…. Broadway's press agents divide into four classes. There are those who work for one boss, as does portly John Peter Toohey for Sam H. Harris and courtly Claude P. Greneker for the Shuberts. There are smart free lances, such as Willard Keefe, Nat Dorfman, Karl Bernstein, eight or ten others and then there are the in-&-outers (some on the way up, some on the way out)." C.P. was one of the best, over seeing the publicity of some of Broadway's great productions like The Zigfield Folies, Ten Little Indians and The Student Prince.
On April 7, 1949 Claude Pritchard Greneker died in New York City, doing what he loved best - writing, promoting and helping his wife create. They had no children.
In 1913, C.P. married Miss Clara Josephine O'Neill, an actress on the Broadway stage. No children were born to this union. Clara died on September 15, 1920.
After Clara's death, in 1921, C.P. married Miss Lillian L. Lidman from Savannah, GA. They met in New York while Miss Lidman was acting on Broadway. CPG did not want his wife to continue in the theater, so LLG devoted herself to supervising the renovation of their first house, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. She later founded the Greneker Corporation to produce life-like mannequins; soon they were selling them to leading department stores all over the world.
In a January 8, 1940 Times Magazine article entitled: The Theatre: Portrait of a Press Agent; it said, "Broadway's press agents (officially known as press representatives) number some 50 (a few of them women). About 15 really count. They are a special breed, with one foot in the theatre and the other in a newspaper office…. Broadway's press agents divide into four classes. There are those who work for one boss, as does portly John Peter Toohey for Sam H. Harris and courtly Claude P. Greneker for the Shuberts. There are smart free lances, such as Willard Keefe, Nat Dorfman, Karl Bernstein, eight or ten others and then there are the in-&-outers (some on the way up, some on the way out)." C.P. was one of the best, over seeing the publicity of some of Broadway's great productions like The Zigfield Folies, Ten Little Indians and The Student Prince.
On April 7, 1949 Claude Pritchard Greneker died in New York City, doing what he loved best - writing, promoting and helping his wife create. They had no children.
Claude P. Greneker, son of Thomas F. & Cornelia Sligh Greneker. He was a graduate of The Citadel, Class of 1897. Following in his fathers footsteps, C.P. became a journalist and worked for the Pittsburg Daily Press before heading to New York City. There C.P. was for many years publicity director for the Shubert Theater Group. C.P. was among the notable names of the American theatre in the Biographical Encyclopaedia and Who's Who of the American Theatre. He also is one of many caricatures at Sardi's Restaurant in NYC; drawn by the famous artist Alex Gard.
In 1913, C.P. married Miss Clara Josephine O'Neill, an actress on the Broadway stage. No children were born to this union. Clara died on September 15, 1920.
After Clara's death, in 1921, C.P. married Miss Lillian L. Lidman from Savannah, GA. They met in New York while Miss Lidman was acting on Broadway. CPG did not want his wife to continue in the theater, so LLG devoted herself to supervising the renovation of their first house, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. She later founded the Greneker Corporation to produce life-like mannequins; soon they were selling them to leading department stores all over the world.
In a January 8, 1940 Times Magazine article entitled: The Theatre: Portrait of a Press Agent; it said, "Broadway's press agents (officially known as press representatives) number some 50 (a few of them women). About 15 really count. They are a special breed, with one foot in the theatre and the other in a newspaper office…. Broadway's press agents divide into four classes. There are those who work for one boss, as does portly John Peter Toohey for Sam H. Harris and courtly Claude P. Greneker for the Shuberts. There are smart free lances, such as Willard Keefe, Nat Dorfman, Karl Bernstein, eight or ten others and then there are the in-&-outers (some on the way up, some on the way out)." C.P. was one of the best, over seeing the publicity of some of Broadway's great productions like The Zigfield Folies, Ten Little Indians and The Student Prince.
On April 7, 1949 Claude Pritchard Greneker died in New York City, doing what he loved best - writing, promoting and helping his wife create. They had no children.
In 1913, C.P. married Miss Clara Josephine O'Neill, an actress on the Broadway stage. No children were born to this union. Clara died on September 15, 1920.
After Clara's death, in 1921, C.P. married Miss Lillian L. Lidman from Savannah, GA. They met in New York while Miss Lidman was acting on Broadway. CPG did not want his wife to continue in the theater, so LLG devoted herself to supervising the renovation of their first house, in Mt. Kisco, N.Y. She later founded the Greneker Corporation to produce life-like mannequins; soon they were selling them to leading department stores all over the world.
In a January 8, 1940 Times Magazine article entitled: The Theatre: Portrait of a Press Agent; it said, "Broadway's press agents (officially known as press representatives) number some 50 (a few of them women). About 15 really count. They are a special breed, with one foot in the theatre and the other in a newspaper office…. Broadway's press agents divide into four classes. There are those who work for one boss, as does portly John Peter Toohey for Sam H. Harris and courtly Claude P. Greneker for the Shuberts. There are smart free lances, such as Willard Keefe, Nat Dorfman, Karl Bernstein, eight or ten others and then there are the in-&-outers (some on the way up, some on the way out)." C.P. was one of the best, over seeing the publicity of some of Broadway's great productions like The Zigfield Folies, Ten Little Indians and The Student Prince.
On April 7, 1949 Claude Pritchard Greneker died in New York City, doing what he loved best - writing, promoting and helping his wife create. They had no children.
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