death_date death_place birth_place birth_date spouse yearsactive image article_title name occupation
09 may 1948 new york city , new york , u.s. huntsville , alabama , u.s. 27 october 1867 peter c. duryea -lrb- 1905-1944 ; his death -rrb- 1882-1919 viola allen seated.jpg viola allen
 viola allen film , stage actress
viola allen

viola emily allen -lrb- october 27 , 1867 -- may 9 , 1948 -rrb- was an american stage actress who played leading roles in shakespeare and other plays , including many original plays .
she starred in over two dozen broadway productions from 1885 to 1916 .
beginning in 1915 , she appeared in three silent films .
