Weedon Grossmith, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Weedon Grossmith

British painter, writer and actor

Date of Birth: 09-Jun-1854

Place of Birth: London

Date of Death: 14-Jun-1919

Profession: writer, painter

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Walter Weedon Grossmith (9 June 1854 – 14 June 1919), better known as Weedon Grossmith, was an English writer, painter, actor, and playwright best known as co-author of The Diary of a Nobody (1892) with his brother, music hall comedian and Gilbert and Sullivan star George Grossmith.
Weedon Grossmith also illustrated The Diary of a Nobody to much acclaim. Grossmith trained as a painter, but was unable to make a living in that capacity and went on the stage largely for financial reasons.
He was successful as an actor and as an impresario, and wrote several plays.
As an actor, he specialised in comedy roles, and his typical characters, harassed and scheming, became so identified with him that the "Weedon Grossmith part" became a regular feature of the theatre of his day.



Alternative names	"Spy", "Drawl"
Description	British portrait painter and caricaturist
Date of birth/death	21 November 1851	15 May 1922
Location of birth/death	England	London
Work location	London
Authority control	: Q920924 VIAF: 50798189 ISNI: 0000 0000 8452 2607 ULAN: 500015150 LCCN: n88603066 NLA: 35590992 WorldCat