Eda Heinemann

Eda Heinemann
Heinemann, from the 1902 yearbook of Smith College
Born
Ida Gertrude Heinemann

(1880-11-10)November 10, 1880
Yokohama, Japan
DiedMay 31, 1978(1978-05-31) (aged 97)
Levittown, New York, U.S.
Other nameEda H. Kuhn
OccupationActress
RelativesWilliam Heinemann (cousin)

Eda Heinemann Kuhn (November 10, 1880 – May 31, 1978), born Ida Gertrude Heinemann, was an American actress on stage and television. She appeared in almost forty Broadway productions between 1908 and 1963, including plays by A. R. Gurney, Eugene O'Neill, George Ade, Lillian Hellman, Fay Kanin, and Graham Greene.

Early life and education

Heinemann was born in Yokohama, Japan, the daughter of American parents. Her father Paul Heinemann was a tea merchant born in Germany and her mother was born in Wisconsin. Publisher William Heinemann was her cousin. She graduated from Smith College in 1902, with further studies at Columbia University and the University of Wisconsin.

Career

Heinemann appeared in Broadway productions of Electra (1908), Immodest Violet (1920), Chains of Dew (1922), Sylvia (1923), Jack in the Pulpit (1925), Adam Solitaire (1925), Love 'em and Leave 'em (1926), Chicago (1926), The War Song (1928), The Commodore Marries (1929), Broken Dishes (1929), A Month in the Country (1930), Stepdaughters of War (1930), The Man on Stilts (1931), Distant Drums (1932), Take My Tip (1932), Autumn Crocus (1932), Ah, Wilderness! (1933), Geraniums in My Window (1934), The County Chairman (1936), Miss Quis (1937), Madame Bovary (1937), Schoolhouse on the Lot (1938), An International Incident (1940), Boyd's Daughter (1940), My Sister Eileen (1940), Watch on the Rhine (1941), Doctors Disagree (1943), East Stop (1944), Woman Bites Dog (1946), Doctor Social (1948), Goodbye, My Fancy (1948), Arms and the Girl (1950), The Cellar and the Well (1950), Make a Wish (1951), The Potting Shed (1957), Silent Night, Lonely Night (1959–1960), Giants, Sons of Giants (1962), and My Mother, My Father, and Me (1963). In the 1940s and 1950s, she had small roles in dozens of American television programs.

Heinemann taught elocution at Wellesley College in 1908, English at a private school in Buffalo in 1910, and English part-time at Vassar College in the 1920s. The cartoonist Al Hirschfeld made a caricature of Eda Heinemann during her run in Watch on the Rhine.

Personal life

Heinemann married actor and artist Charles Kuhn in 1926. She died in 1978, at the age of 97, in Levittown, New York.

References

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  4. 1 2 "Theatre Notes". Daily News. 1933-01-09. p. 192. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
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  6. ↑ Smith College, Class of 1902 Classbook (1902 yearbook): 26; via Internet Archive.
  7. ↑ Columbia University Summer Session (1912). Directory of Summer Session Students. p. 46.
  8. ↑ University of Wisconsin (1918). Catalogue. University of Wisconsin. p. 632.
  9. ↑ "At the Playhouse: Electra". The Theatre Magazine. 8 (85): 60. March 1908.
  10. 1 2 "Eda Heinemann's Passaic's Star". The Record. 1942-06-23. p. 11. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. ↑ Leland, Gordon M. (January 15, 1927). "The New Plays on Broadway". The Billboard: 48.
  12. ↑ "Up the mast goes Eda Heinemann". D. A. C. News. 14 (10): 54. October 1929.
  13. ↑ Flavin, Martin (1930). Broken Dishes: A Comedy in Three Acts. S. French.
  14. ↑ Kaye, Parke (April 1930). "Stage & Screen". Sport. 12 (4): 16.
  15. ↑ Mantle, Burns (1931-09-11). "'Man on Stilts' Nothing to Cling To". Daily News. p. 493. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  16. ↑ Mantle, Burns (1932-01-20). "'Distant Drums' and 'A Little Racketeer' New Plays". Daily News. p. 77. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  17. 1 2 3 "Eda Heinemann in Ina Claire Play". Times Herald. 1938-09-30. p. 37. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  18. ↑ "News of the Stage; Tonight's Premiere -- Six Openings Next Week on Broadway -- 'Good-bye Please' Closes Abruptly". The New York Times. October 26, 1944. p. 24. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-29.
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  20. ↑ Zolotow, Sam (January 7, 1944). "News of the Stage; ' Doctors Disagree' to Close Jan. 15 -- Shirley Ross Gets Featured Role in 'Allah Be Praised'". The New York Times. p. 14. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-29.
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  22. ↑ Nash, Mary (1948-11-12). "Talented Madeleine Carroll is Lovely Heroine at Erlanger". The Buffalo News. p. 45. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  23. ↑ "Plays Start Rehearsals; 'Cellar and Well' and 'Captain Carvallo' to Begin Today". The New York Times. November 13, 1950. p. 23. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-29.
  24. ↑ Chapman, John (1950-12-11). "Second ANTA Drama, 'The Cellar and the Well', is an Anticlimax". Daily News. p. 837. Retrieved 2026-10-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ↑ Taubman, Howard (March 25, 1963). "Theater: Hellman Satire; Life in Middle-Class Home Is Mirrored". The New York Times. p. 5. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2026-10-29.
  26. ↑ Wellesley College (1908). Annual Reports [of] President and Treasurer. p. 41.
  27. ↑ Vassar College (1923). Reports of the President and the Treasurer. p. 45.
  28. ↑ Hirschfeld, Al (2015-07-07). The Hirschfeld Century: Portrait of an Artist and His Age. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. p. 214. ISBN 978-1-101-87497-4.