| Dame
Ellen Terry
(1847-1928)
Other names: Alice Ellen,[F76]
Ellen Alice[F76]
Honours
Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire, 1925 (UK)[F76]
Biographical
Actress[F76]
Trained as an actress by her parents.[F76]
First performed as Mamillius in The Winter's Tale at the Princess's
Theatre in London, 1856.[F76]
Left the stage after her first marriage in 1864, but returned in 1867
after her divorce, and was to achieve great success.[F76]
She achieved her greatest distinction in Shakespeare, and her greatest
role was as Olivia in The Vicar of Wakefield.[F76]
Place of birth: Coventry, Warwickshire[F76]
Place of first marriage: St Barnabas, Kensington[F76]
Place of second marriage: St Philip's, Kensington[F76]
Place of third marriage: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[F76]
Place of death: Smallhythe, Kent[F76]
Place of burial: St Paul's[F76] |
