STAGE NAME: JOHN TANSEY
OTHER STAGE NAMES: Master John Tansey, Johnny Tansey, John Tansy
BIRTH NAME: John Foster Tansey DOB: October 8, 1901 BIRTH PLACE: New York, New York
DOD: April 28, 1971 PLACE OF DEATH: North Hollywood, California CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
CEMETERY: N/A
CLAIM TO FAME: Silent Film Actor, Broadway Theatre Actor
Member of the New Theatre Repertoire Company in New York (Circa 1909-1910).
In later years as an adult, John worked as a technician in a Technicolor Lab.
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FAMILY
PARENTS: Married DATE/PLACE
FATHER: Harry Tansey DOB: N/A BIRTH PLACE: N/A
DOD: 1910 PLACE OF DEATH: N/A CAUSE OF DEATH: Pneumonia
OCCUPATION: Actor/Comedian
MOTHER: Emma Tansey (nee Purcell) DOB: September 12, 1870 BIRTH PLACE: Louisville, Kentucky
DOD: March 23, 1942 PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: Actress
SIBLINGS: (2)
BROTHER: Robert Emmett Tansey DOB: June 28, 1897 BIRTH PLACE: Brooklyn, New York
DOD: June 17, 1951 PLACE OF DEATH: Hollywood, California CAUSE OF DEATH: Heart Attack
OCCUPATION: Actor/Director
BROTHER: James "Sherry" Sheridan Tansey DOB: July 29, 1904 BIRTH PLACE: New York, New York
DOD: April 12, 1961 PLACE OF DEATH: Sacramento, California CAUSE OF DEATH: N/A
OCCUPATION: Actor
MARRIAGES
SPOUSE: Faith Tansey (nee N/A) DOB: N/A
MARRIED: DATE
CHILDREN: (?)
SON: Dave Tansey DOB: TBA BIRTH PLACE: TBA
Special thanks to Dave Tansey for contributing information to his father's museum page!
 Magazine Article (1909) |
 "This Woman & This Man" |
 "The Blue Bird" |
 The New Theatre Repertoire Company |
 (12/30/1910) |
 Christmas Party (12/25/1910) |
 "The Piper" (1/31/1911) |
 "Black Fear" (5/15/1916) |
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) (1/31/1909) |
 New Theatre Stock Company (9/12/1909) |
 New Theatre Actor Dine (9/27/1909) |
 New Theatre presents "Liz, the Mother" (12/28/1909) |
 New Theatre Repertoire Company 2nd Season (11/6/1910) |
 New Theatre Repertoire "The Pied Piper of Hamelin" (1/29/1911) |
 New Theatre Repertoire "The Winter's Tale" (3/31/1911) |
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Francis Wilson Defends The Children of the Stage (10/30/1910) |
Managers Urge Crusade To Aid Stage Children (2/6/1910) |
 A Trap For Santa (1909) |
 Sherry Tansey (1927 Casting Directory) |