Isadore Rush
Isadore Rush, from an 1897 publication, in costume for The Politician.
Bornc. 1866
Berwick, Pennsylvania
DiedNovember 14, 1904(1904-11-14) (aged 37–38)[1]
San Diego, California
Resting placeWoodlawn Cemetery, The Bronx, New York
OccupationActress
Years active1889–1904
SpouseRoland Reed
ChildrenFlorence Reed (stepdaughter)

Isadore Rush (c. 1866 – November 14, 1904)[2] was an American stage actress who performed in vaudeville and on Broadway.

Rush was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania.[3] She was married to comedian Roland Reed, making her a stepmother of actress Florence Reed. Previously she was married to a man named White and by him had a daughter, Maud White, who was a young stage actress at the time of Rush's death and married to actor Tyrone Power.[4]

Rush drowned off San Diego near the beach at the Hotel del Coronado in November 1904.

References

  1. ^ "Ship Body to New York: Remains of Miss Isadore Rush Will Go East Today". Los Angeles Herald. Vol. XXXII, no. 47. 17 November 1904. p. 4. Retrieved 20 June 2014.
  2. ^ The San Francisco Call, November 15, 1904; "ACTRESS LOSES LIFE IN THE BREAKERS Isadore Rush is Drowned---Attacked By Heart Failure While Bathing"
  3. ^ "A Chat with Isadore Rush" Opera Glass (January 1896): 5-7.
  4. ^ ΛSan Francisco Call of November 15, 1904

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