Francis Cleveland
American stage actor, director and producer (1903-1995)
Francis Grover Cleveland (July 18, 1903 – November 8, 1995) was an American stage actor, director, producer and politician. He was the co-founder of The Barnstormers Theatre, a theatre company in Tamworth, New Hampshire. His parents were President Grover Cleveland and First Lady Frances Folsom.
Early life
Cleveland was born in 1903 in Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts, a part of the town of Bourne. His father, Grover Cleveland, had served as the 22nd and 24th President of the United States, having been in office 1885–1889 and 1893–1897. His mother, Frances Cleveland (née Folsom), had been First Lady. He had a brother, Richard, and three sisters; Ruth, Marion and Esther. As Grover Cleveland was 66 years old when Francis was born, Francis was alive a century after his father had first served as president. In a 1987 interview, Francis Cleveland stated that he had never visited the White House.
Cleveland was educated at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire and Harvard College (he did not graduate) in Massachusetts.
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