Mrs. Thomas Whiffen
actress
- Birth name:
- Blanche Galton
- Born:
- 1845-03-12, London, England, UK
- Died:
- 1936-11-26, Montvale, Virginia, USA
- Professions:
- actress
Biography
London welcomed her on 12 March 1845, christening her with the stage destiny that would one day travel across the Atlantic. As Mrs. Thomas Whiffen, she stepped before the cameras to breathe life into the Civil-War widow of Barbara Frietchie (1915) and to stir the sentimental strings of Hearts and Flowers (1914). Off-screen, she shared her name and life with the actor-manager whose surname she bore. Her final curtain fell on 26 November 1936 in the quiet of Montvale, Virginia, a continent away from the city where her story began.
