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Adelaide Russell Hughes (Mould)

Also Known As: "Adelaide Manola", "Adelaide (Mould) Bissell"
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Birthplace: Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
Death: December 04, 1923 (41)
Hai Phong, Haiphong, Vietnam (Viet Nam) (Suicide)
Immediate Family:

Daughter of Henry S Mould and Marion Manola
Wife of Rupert Hughes
Ex-wife of George Edgar Bissell, Jr
Mother of Avis Bissell Hughes and Rush Marion Bissell Hughes

Occupation: Actress, film producer, poet
Managed by: Carlos F. Bunge
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About Adelaide Russell Hughes

Rupert Hughes second wife, Adelaide Manola Hughes, was a writer and a pioneer woman film producer. She hanged herself in her cabin aboard a steamer destined for an around-the-world voyage, on December 14, 1923, in Indo-China. She had begun the trip in an effort to recover from ill health.


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Adelaide Russell Hughes's Timeline

1882
May 7, 1882
Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio, United States
1900
December 19, 1900
Kobe, Hyogo Prefecture, Japan
1902
May 14, 1902
New York, Queens County, New York, United States
1923
December 4, 1923
Age 41
Hai Phong, Haiphong, Vietnam (Viet Nam)