Trixie Friganza
Date of birth: 1870-11-29
Place of birth: Grenola, Kansas, USA
Known for: Acting
Also known as: Delia O’Callaghan
Biography
Trixie Friganza (November 29, 1870 – February 27, 1955), born Delia O’Callaghan, began her career as an operetta soubrette working her way from the chorus to starring in musical comedies to having her own feature act on the vaudeville circuit. She transitioned to film in the early 1920s mostly playing small characters that were quirky and comedic and retired from the stage in 1940 due to health concerns. She spent her last years teaching drama to young women in a convent school and when she died she left everything to the convent. She became a highly sought after comic actress after the success of The Chaperons (played "Aramanthe Dedincourt") and is most well-known for her stage roles of Caroline Vokes (or Vokins?) in The Orchid, Mrs. Radcliffe in The Sweetest Girl in Paris, for multiple roles in The Passing Show of 1912, and of course her unforgettable run as a vaudeville headliner. During the height of her career, she used her fame to promote social, civic, and political issues of importance, such as self-love and the Suffragist movement. Description above from the Wikipedia article Trixie Friganza, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movie Credits
Estrellados
1930-07-07
A matinée idol and a bumbling manager fight for the love of a would-be starlet. Estrellados is the S
Free and Easy
1930-03-22
Gopher City Kansas hosts a beauty contest. The winner, Elvira Plunkett, and her mother go to Hollywo
A Racing Romeo
1927-09-01
When Red Walden loses out in the annual town motor race, Aunt Hattie Wayne and her niece Sally advis
The Whole Town's Talking
1926-12-26
Chester Binney, a wounded war veteran, erroneously believes he is carrying a silver plate in his hea
Wanderer of the Wasteland
1935-09-09
Adam Larey becomes a fugitive from justice when he escapes after being blamed for a crime he did not
The March of Time
1930-09-01
Unfinished pre-Code era film consisting of three sections with past performers from the stage and th
Proud Flesh
1925-04-27
The snooty Fernanda decides to leave Spain to visit her uncle in San Francisco in order to escape th
My Bag o' Tricks
1929-01-15
A vaudeville act. Trixie Friganza performs first a story and then a song. For the story, she wears a
Almost a Lady
1926-09-27
Marcia, a pretty young girl, goes to work as a model for a lecherous dress-shop owner. She resists h
How to Undress in Front of Your Husband
1937-06-27
A "Peeping Tom" likes to look through windows at women undressing. We see him as he sneaks a peek at
Silks and Saddles
1936-12-14
College student Jimmy Shaw inherits a racehorse, named Lightning Lad, and sells stock to fellow stud
Myrt and Marge
1933-11-25
Myrt has a show chock full of talented performers that deserves to be on Broadway, but can't raise t
The Road to Yesterday
1925-11-13
Malena's apparent frigidity toward her husband Kenneth is a result of injustice done in an earlier i
The Unholy Three
1930-07-12
A trio of former sideshow performers double as the "Unholy Three" in a scam to nab some shiny rocks.
Monte Carlo
1926-03-01
Three girls from a small town win a trip to Monte Carlo. The trip was sponsored by their local newsp
The Charmer
1925-04-20
A wild dancer in a cheap Seville cafe, Mariposa is taken to New York by Señor Sprott, a prominent th
Strong and Willing
1930-06-29
Trixie does 'Rosie O'Kerry' in different voices and does a few nationality skits to the same tune.
If I Had My Way
1940-05-05
Construction worker Buzz Blackwell becomes the guardian of 12-year-old Pat Johnson after one of his
Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
1928-01-22
Gold digging blonde Lorelei and her brunette friend Dorothy are searching for rich husbands. This fi
Borrowed Finery
1925-10-01
Dress model Sheila Conroy loses her job after ruining a gown she borrowed from her employer. Harlan,
Mind Over Motor
1923-01-15