Evelyn Venable, American actress mb-code 42-65846714 Believed to be a portrait

Believed to be a portrait of the French actress Sarah Bernhardt in the role of 'Fedora'

a maid takes out her mop to the great distress of a passing beau whose clothes are splattered

He was killed by an arrow while hunting in the New Forest

Original is oil on canvas 10x14 (inches)

Evelyn Venable, American actress mb-code 42-65846714 Believed to be a portraitEvelyn Venable, American actress, 1934 1935. Evelyn Venable's Hollywood career began in 1933. Her best known performance was in Death Takes a Holiday (1934) in which she starred opposite Fredric March. She retired from films in 1943 and gained a Masters Degree at UCLA, where she went on to teach Ancient Greek and Latin. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934 1935).