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Actress Cornelia Skinner Plays Henry the Eighth Wives
Cornelia Otis Skinner, daughter of Otis Skinner, performs a one woman monologue The Wives of Henry the Eighth on Broadway. She researched in England and designed authentic costumes from Holbein paintings and inherited fabrics. She started in a small theater, then moved to a major New York venue. The performer, social registrate by day, balances stage with motherhood, while hoping her son avoids the family acting legacy.
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Cornelia Otis Skinner
Henry the Eighth
Julia Blanshard
New York
Miss Skinner
Otis Skinner
Bryn Mawr
Paris
England
Knole
Sevenoaks
Lord and Lady Sackville
Holbein
Orient
Broadway
Henry
East River