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Farrar, Geraldine - Portrait of Geraldine Farrar, 1897
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Farrar, Geraldine

Born
2/28/1882
Birthplace
Melrose, Massachusetts
Titles and Honors
In 1960 Farrar was awarded two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in the music and film categories
Notes
Her marriage to cinema actor Lou Tellegen on February 8, 1916 was the source of considerable scandal, terminating, as a result of her husband's numerous affairs, in a very public divorce in 1923. The circumstances of the divorce were broughta gain to public recollection by Tellegen's bizarre 1934 suicide in Hollywood.
Occupation
American soprano opera singer and film actress
Publications
She appeared in the title roles of Ambroise Thomas' Mignon and Jules Massenet's Manon, as well as Juliette in Gounod's Roméo et Juliette. She appeared in the first Metropolitan Opera performance of Madama Butterfly in 1907, and remained a member of the Metropolitan Opera until her retirement.
Father
Sidney Douglas Farrar
Mother
Henriette Barnes
Spouse
Lou Tellegen m. 2/8/1916 Sint-Oedenrode, Netherlands
Nationality
American

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