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E. F. Albee

Edward Franklin Albee II (October 8, 1857 – March 11, 1930) was an American vaudeville impresario.

E. F. Albee

Edward Franklin Albee II

(1857-10-08)October 8, 1857
Machias, Maine, US

March 11, 1930(1930-03-11) (aged 72)

Palm Beach, Florida, US

Vaudevillian impresario, producer

Laurette Frances Smith

4, including Reed A. Albee

Edward Franklin Albee III, adopted grandson

Early life[edit]

Albee was born on October 8, 1857, in Machias, Maine, to Nathaniel Smith Albee[1] and Amanda Higgins Crocker.

Albee (d. 1916)

Edward Albee (1883–1883), who died young

(1886–1961), who married Louise Holmes Williams, an actress, in 1914. They divorced in 1925 and in the same year, he married Frances Cotter.[9]

Reed A. Albee

Ethel Keith Albee (1890–1976), who married Edwin George Lauder Jr. (1883–1955) in 1914. They divorced in 1941.[11]

[10]

with Albees in Manhattan

1900 US census

USS Beaumere II (SP-444)

Albee Square

New York Times; March 16, 1930. THRONG AT FUNERAL OF EDWARD F. ALBEE; Notables of Stage and Other Fields at Services in Cathedral of St. John.BISHOP MANNING PRESIDES Cathedral Clergy Assist in Impressive Requlem—700 Theatres Pay Tribute to Former Head. The Honorary Pallbearers. Some of Those Present. Tribute at 700 Theatres. Vaudeville stars, old-time luminaries of the stage, vaudeville executives from cities far West as Chicago, people connected in every conceivable way with the stage and many others paid homage yesterday morning to Edward F. Albee, former ...

Time; June 8, 1931. But the [National Variety Artists' Club in West 46th Street in Manhattan] club has always run an annual deficit. For years Edward Franklin Albee variety tycoon (Keith-Albee), footed the losses until his death in 1930."