Frederic De Belleville

Frederic De Belleville (February 17, 1855 Liège - February 25, 1923, New York City)[1][2] was a Belgian born American stage actor.

Frederic De Belleville
BornFebruary 17, 1855
Liège, Belgium
DiedFebruary 25, 1923 (aged 68)
New York City, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1873-1923
Spouse(s)Edith Emmy Mueller (1908 - 19??; union dissolved)
Dorothy Chester (July 1898 - 19??; union dissolved)
Kate Cleveland, aka Kate Massi (January 1, 1886 - April 1, 1893; her death)
Edith Cornish (January 1, 1880 - January 5, 1884; union annulled)
Julia Jacobs Josephs (1876-1884; union dissolved)

He began his career in 1873 in London and arrived in the United States in 1880. An early newspaper account records him as starring in a play False Friend for A. M. Palmer.[3] Was long a leading man on the stage to Clara Morris, Rose Coghlan, Mrs. Fiske and Viola Allen.[4] De Belleville appeared in three silent films.

De Belleville was apparently married and divorced several times. An early wife Maude Stuart died in childbirth in 1886. Their newborn son also called Frederic De Belleville did not survive infancy and died a baby.[5] He is buried beside Stuart.[6]

Selected plays
  • Hoodman Blind (1887) (w/ Viola Allen)[7]
  • Honour (1895)
  • Love Finds the Way (1898)
  • Little Italy (1899)
  • Monte Cristo (1900)
  • Tess of the D'Urbervilles (1902)
  • Divorcons (1902)
  • The Eternal City (1902)
  • Susan in Search of a Husband, A Tenement Tragedy (1906)
  • A Marriage of Reason (1907)
  • Samson (1908)
  • Everywoman (1911)
  • Where Ignorance Is Bliss (1913)
  • Secret Strings (1914)
  • Caesar's Wife (1919)
  • The Guest of Honor (1920)
  • The Humming Bird (1923)(*De Belleville died during this play)

Selected filmography

References
  1. Silent Film Necrology 2nd edition p.126 by Eugene M. Vazzana c.2001
  2. Who Was Who in the Theatre: 1912-1976 volume 2 D-H page 627 (same page under Belleville vol.1 A-C) compiled from editions originally published annually by John Parker; 1976 edition by Gale Research Company
  3. Chicago Daily Tribune, December 12, 1880 "FALSE FRIEND, One Week Only"
  4. Great Actors & Actresses of the American Stage, in Historic Photographs p.37 c.1983 edited by Stanley Appelbaum
  5. Frederick R. De Belleville; son of Frederic De Belleville; findagrave.com
  6. Springfield Globe-Republic August 29, 1886
  7. Morning Journal and Courier [New Haven, Ct] November 24, 1887; "Hoodman Blind"


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