A brief squint today at the life of stage and screen actress Virginia Hammond (Louise Shumate, 1893-1972). Hammond was born into an old Virginia Huguenot family; the original spelling of Shumate was De La Chaumette. Her father Major Thomas Jackson Shumate, served in the Confederate Cavalry, and died shortly after her birth. Hammond was born […]
SOURCE: Trav S.D. at 12:32PM on August 20, 2024