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Strong, Eugene, 1893-1962

Description

Actor and vaudeville performer Eugene Strong was born on August 9, 1893 to Jean Chistopherson and Peter Strong in Wisconsin, United States. He performed on stage in The Virginian for two years before entering a forty-week vaudeville tour on To Save One Girl. Strong also appeared as Endicott on Howard Hughes' The Front Page (1931).

Strong married Maryland Morne Rovira on December 22, 1934 in Los Angeles, California. The two remained married until Morne's death on July 18, 1935. Strong died in Los Angeles on June 25, 1962.

Source:

Genealogy files about "Eugene Strong" and "Maryland Morne." Accessed on October 20, 2021 on FamilySearch.org.

The Moving Picture World. "Eugene Strong." United States: World Photographic Publishing Company, 1916. pg. 772.