What is recorded here
Larne birthed Whitford Kane in 1881, launching a stage life that sustained him through fifty-six Broadway shows and twenty-three Hamlet gravedigger roles. The small seaport gave Shakespeare an honest Irish voice, while Kane returned dignity to its hardest jokes.
Why this person is known: actor (1881-1956)
- Birthplace
- Larne
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Photo: Billy Rose Theatre Collection · Public domain