Marion Hood (née Sarah Ann Isaac)
(1854-1912), Actress and singerSitter in 5 portraits
Actress and singer. Born Sarah Ann Isaac in Liverpool, she made her first appearances on the music hall stage at the age of eleven under the name Marion Isaac. She studied at the Royal Academy of Music and made her London stage début in 1880 as 'Mabel' in The Pirates of Penzance. After touring the country as 'Marguerite' in Faust she performed at the Gaiety Theatre appearing in Billee Taylor (1885) and Little Jack Sheppard (1885-6) and created the acclaimed title role in Stephenson and Cellier's Dorothy (1886). She twice toured America with Gaiety Companies and in 1891 returned to the Opera Comique in a burlesque of Joan of Arc.
Marion Hood (née Sarah Ann Isaac) as Mabel in 'The Pirates of Penzance'
by Alexander Bassano, published by St James's Photographic Co
albumen cabinet card, 1882-1883
NPG x4175
Marion Hood (née Sarah Ann Isaac)
by Elliott & Fry
chlorobromide print on cream card mount, 1884
NPG x127442
Marion Hood (née Sarah Ann Isaac)
by St James's Photographic Co
carbon print, circa 1884
NPG x18576
'Some Leading Actresses: A Group'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG Ax14728
'Some Leading Actresses: A Group'
by W. & D. Downey, published by Cassell & Company, Ltd
carbon print, published 1890
NPG x134387
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