Selena Fetter Royle
Selena Gray Fetter Royle was an American stage actress, active in the 1890s and 1900s. Her husband and daughters were also on the stage.
Early life and education
Fetter was born in Louisville, Kentucky, the daughter of George Griffith Fetter and Catherine Ann Mercer Gray Fetter. Her sister Virginia Fetter married Civil War general Amos George Stickney.Career
Fetter's first roles were on the stage in Louisville, where she made her professional acting debut in 1881, starring in The Wife by James Sheridan Knowles. She appeared in Love's Sacrifice in Chicago in 1893, starred in The Tigress in 1888, and acted with Alexander Salvini in 1892. She was associated with Stuart Robson and William H. Crane on the vaudeville stage. Her Broadway credits included roles in her husband's comedies, Friends, Captain Impudence, My Wife's Husbands, and The Other Girl. She also toured with Friends and Captain Impudence across the United States.Fetter Royle was known for her ability to fall on stage, in a gown, sometimes to "ghastly effect". "Ladies used to scream in the audience simultaneously with my 'dull thud', and inquiries would be kindly sent to the dressing room concerning my physical condition," she told an 1895 interviewer. When she appeared in San Francisco, there was a fad among young women, trying to imitate Fetter Royle's falls.