page_title: Eugenie Blair
hierarchical_section_title: Eugenie Blair
caption_attribution_description: English: Photograph of Pauline Lord as Anna Christopherson, James T. Mack as Johnny-the-Priest, and Eugenie Blair as Marthy Owen in the Broadway production of Anna Christie
context_page_description: Eugenie A. Blair was an American stage actress best remembered for originating the role of Marthy Owen in the premiere 1921 Broadway presentation of Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie. Blair died after a Chicago performance in the play. She was survived by a daughter, the actress Eleanor Montell. Blair had been married to Shakespearean actor Robert L. Downing, her second husband. Blair's Broadway appearances were sporadic until towards the end of her life. She toured extensively in her youth.
  She collapsed and died after playing Marthy in Anna Christie in Chicago.
context_section_description: Eugenie A. Blair (1864 – May 13, 1922) was an American stage actress best remembered for originating the role of Marthy Owen in the premiere 1921 Broadway presentation of Eugene O'Neill's play Anna Christie. Blair died after a Chicago performance in the play. She was survived by a daughter, the actress Eleanor Montell.  Blair had been married to Shakespearean actor Robert L. Downing, her second husband. Blair's Broadway appearances were sporadic until towards the end of her life. She toured extensively in her youth.
  She collapsed and died after playing Marthy in Anna Christie in Chicago.
caption: Eugenie Blair (right) with Pauline Lord and James T. Mack in the original Broadway production of Anna Christie (1921)
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