Skinner, Cornelia Otis (1901-1979) American author and actress Cornelia Otis Skinner was renowned as a sublime comic talent and gifted character actress. After attending Bryn Mawr College and studying acting at the Sorbonne, she appeared in the dramatic play BLOOD AND SAND on Broadway in 1921. She appeared in five more Broadway shows before embarking in 1926 on a three-year national tour in a one-woman show she also wrote and produced. She penned her first play, CAPTAIN FURY, in 1925, and went on to compose seven other dramatic works, most notably THE WIVES OF HENRY VIII (1931) and, with Samuel Taylor, THE PLEASURE OF HIS COMPANY (1958). Her work is characterized by wit and deft social criticism.
