Background
Parry, Florence Fisher was born on July 5, 1887 in Brookville, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jacob Livengood and Carrie Ella (Wilson) Fisher.
Parry, Florence Fisher was born on July 5, 1887 in Brookville, Pennsylvania, United States. Daughter of Jacob Livengood and Carrie Ella (Wilson) Fisher.
Preparatory education, Mistress Smallwood’s Select School, Washington, District of Columbia, 1900-1905. Student at the Wheatcroft Dramatic School, New York City, 1906-1907. Studied journalism, New York University.
On stage as leading woman with Alla Nazimova, Walker Whiteside, Otis Skinner and others, 1907-1915. Actively identified with photography 1923-1950, was proprietor of the Parry Studio, Pittsburgh. Began writing for Pittsburgh newspapers, 1925, drama critic, daily columnist Pittsburgh Press, —I Dare Say,—until retirement, 1950.
Lecturer, free-lance writer, broadcaster.
Communion and Water Baptism are symbolic acts of obedience to the teaching of Jesus in the New Testament.
Member League of American Pen Women, Daughters of American Revolution, Dickens. Clubs: Woman’s City, Woman’s Press, Civic, Monday Luncheon.
Married David William Parry, June 8, 1915 (died 1922). Children: Captain David Fisher, Mistress Donald C. Heide.