page_title: Cecil Kern
hierarchical_section_title: Cecil Kern
caption_attribution_description: English: Cecil Kern, actress, in 1909.
context_page_description: Tabitha Cecil Kern was an American stage and film actress and theater director. The daughter of a prominent publisher in Portland, Oregon, Kern studied dramatic art in San Francisco before making her Broadway debut in The Revellers, followed by a portrayal of Hélène in the original Broadway production of Madame X. The next year, she appeared as Esther in a Broadway production of Ben-Hur. She also appeared in several films, including Rainbow for Vitagraph Studios.
  Kern died in a Manhattan hotel in June 1928, following weeks of reported isolation. Upon the discovery of her body, the press deemed her death mysterious, though law enforcement suggested it appeared to have been due to natural causes. It was subsequently reported that she had died of a pulmonary hemorrhage.
context_section_description: Tabitha Cecil Kern (c. 1880s – June 1, 1928) was an American stage and film actress and theater director. The daughter of a prominent publisher in Portland, Oregon, Kern studied dramatic art in San Francisco before making her Broadway debut in The Revellers (1909), followed by a portrayal of Hélène in the original Broadway production of Madame X (1910). The next year, she appeared as Esther in a Broadway production of Ben-Hur. She also appeared in several films, including Rainbow (1921) for Vitagraph Studios.
  Kern died in a Manhattan hotel in June 1928, following weeks of reported isolation. Upon the discovery of her body, the press deemed her death mysterious, though law enforcement suggested it appeared to have been due to natural causes. It was subsequently reported that she had died of a pulmonary hemorrhage.
caption: Kern in a 1909 photo
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