Violet Heming

Violet Heming (January 27, 1895 – July 4, 1981) was an English stage and screen actress. Her name sometimes appeared as Violet Hemming in newspapers.[1][2]

Violet Heming
Heming in 1921
Born
Violet Hemming

(1895-01-27)January 27, 1895
Leeds, Yorkshire, England
DiedJuly 4, 1981(1981-07-04) (aged 86)
New York City, U.S.
OccupationActress
Years active1908-1955
Spouse(s)

Born Violet Hemming in Leeds, Yorkshire, she was the daughter of Alfred Hemming who appeared in silent films and Mabel Allen.

Heming began a stage career in 1908, appearing as Carrie Crews in Fluffy Ruffles.[3] She appeared in her first motion picture, a short film for Thanhouser Film Company, in 1910. In 1913, she appeared with George Arliss in the play Disraeli.

In September 1925, Variety reported that Heming would appear in a "playlet" for the De Forest Phonofilm sound-on-film system.

Though Heming appeared in several films and television throughout the decades, she is best remembered as a dependable Broadway star with a long list of theatrical credits.[4][5]

She died July 4, 1981.

Partial filmography

References
  1. "'Always Juliet' To Open". The San Francisco Examiner. June 17, 1934. p. 33. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. "Comedy". The Cincinnati Enquirer. Ohio, Cincinnati. December 3, 1933. p. 48. Retrieved May 29, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. "Violet Heming". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on May 28, 2020. Retrieved May 28, 2020.
  4. Who Was Who on the Screen, 3rd Edit. by Evelyn Mack Truitt, p.328; c.1983
  5. Silent Film Necrology, 2nd Edit. by Eugene Michael Vazzana, p.238; c.2001(mention of mother being Mabel Allen)
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