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PC_Edwardian Actors 6165zdPostcard franked Hastings 1900 - Pub: Davidson Bros - Photo of Zena Dare Zena Dare (born Florence Hariette Zena Dones; 4 February 1887 – 11 March 1975) was an English actress and singer who was famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre and comedic plays in the first half of the 20th century.
PC_Edwardian Actors Barnaud-GAUnused postcard - Pub: S Hildeshaimer & Co - Photo by Barraud of George Alexander Sir George Alexander (19 June 1858 – 15 March 1918), born George Alexander Gibb Samson, was an English stage actor, theatre producer and theatre manager. After acting on stage as an amateur he turned professional in 1879 and, over the next eleven years, he gained experience with leading producers and actor-managers, including Tom Robertson, Henry Irving and Madge and W. H. Kendal.
PC_Edwardian Actors Beagles-MSUnused postcard - Pub: J Beagles & Co - Photo of Marie Stduholme Caroline Maria Lupton (10 September 1872 – 10 March 1930), known professionally as Marie Studholme , was an English actress and singer of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, known for her supporting and sometimes starring roles in Edwardian musical comedy.
PC_Edwardian Actors Rotary1580P-GMUnused postcard - Pub: Rotary Photo - Photo of Gertie Millar Gertrude Ward, Countess of Dudley (née Millar; 21 February 1879 – 25 April 1952), known as Gertie Millar , was an English actress and singer of the early 20th century, known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies.
PC_Edwardian Actors RotarySG-Z+PDPostcard franked Weybridge - Pub: Rotary Photo - Photo of Zena & Phyllis Dare Zena Dare (born Florence Hariette Zena Dones; 4 February 1887 – 11 March 1975) was an English actress and singer who was famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre and comedic plays in the first half of the 20th century. Phyllis Dare (born Phyllis Constance Haddie Dones; 15 August 1890 – 27 April 1975) was an English actress and singer famous for her performances in Edwardian musical comedy and other musical theatre in the first half of the 20th century.
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PC_Edwardian Actors-Ada ReeveAda Reeve (born Adelaide Mary Reeves, 3 March 1874 – 5 October 1966) was an English actress of both stage and film. Reeve began to perform in pantomime and music hall as a child. She gained fame in Edwardian musical comedies in the 1890s.
PC_Edwardian Actors-Ada ReeveSNAda Reeve (born Adelaide Mary Reeves, 3 March 1874 – 5 October 1966) was an English actress of both stage and film. Reeve began to perform in pantomime and music hall as a child. She gained fame in Edwardian musical comedies in the 1890s.
PC_Edwardian Actors-Carol HollowayCarol Holloway (April 30, 1892 – January 3, 1979) was an American actress of the silent film era. She appeared in more than 110 films between 1914 and 1941. She was born in Williamstown, Massachusetts and died in California .
PC_Edwardian Actors-Daisy JeromeSNPostcard franked Peckham c 1905 - “Smart Novels” series - Daisy Jerome Daisy Jerome (born Daisy Witkowski 1881-19?) was born in New York, but raised in England after her father moved the family to England to avoid financial problems in the USA. She played the Palace and toured with companies that gave her a chance to do comedic singing and pantomime. Her performances were considered to be amusing and irreverent. She was described as “feisty”, “cunning”, and “independent”. She has red hair, was small and dainty and had compelling eyes and an expressive face. Her performances had a risqué tone and she had a hoarse, sensual voice. She could toe dance and wooden shoe dance, but was most known as a mimic and comic singer. She went on tour to Australia in the 1910s and early 1920s. More details about Jerome’s life and career as a comedienne can be found here .
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PC_Edwardian Actors-DBaird+HIrvingDNUnused postcard - "Dainty Novels” series - Dorothea Baird & Henry Irving Dorothea Baird (20 May 1875 – 24 September 1933) was an English stage and film actress. Her first stage appearance was with the Oxford University Dramatic Society in February 1894, when she played Iris in The Tempest. She was seen there by Lewis Carroll. On 26 May, he took her to London to see Ellen Terry performing, and then took her backstage to meet Ellen Terry. This inspired her to become a professional actress where she met her future husband, H. B. Irving, with whom she appeared in a number of plays. In 1913, she retired from the stage, due to a miscarriage, and involved herself in charitable causes, especially with infant welfare, and put her attention towards family at a London's health centre known as the St. Pancras School for Mothers, of which she was a board member for many years. In 1917, Baird used her theatre and film experience to create the film “Motherhood”, with the help of Percy Nash, to try to help improve the living habits of mothers and infants and also to create political demands for social improvement. Sir Henry Irving (6 February 1838 – 13 October 1905), christened John Henry Brodribb, sometimes known as J. H. Irving, was an English stage actor in the Victorian era, known as an actor-manager because he took complete responsibility (supervision of sets, lighting, direction, casting, as well as playing the leading roles) for season after season at the West End's Lyceum Theatre, establishing himself and his company as representative of English classical theatre. In 1895 he became the first actor to be awarded a knighthood, indicating full acceptance into the higher circles of British society.
PC_Edwardian Actors-Denise OrmeJessie Smither, Duchess of Leinster (25 August 1885 – 20 October 1960), known by her stage name Denise Orme , was an English music hall singer, actress and musician who appeared regularly at the Alhambra and Gaiety Theatres in London in the early years of the 20th century. Married, successively, to an English baron, a Danish millionaire, and an Irish duke, she was the maternal grandmother of Aga Khan IV.
PC_Edwardian Actors-Dorothea BairdDorothea Baird (20 May 1875 – 24 September 1933) was an English stage and film actress. Her first stage appearance was with the Oxford University Dramatic Society in February 1894, when she played Iris in The Tempest. She was seen there by Lewis Carroll. On 26 May, he took her to London to see Ellen Terry performing, and then took her backstage to meet Ellen Terry. This inspired her to become a professional actress where she met her future husband, H. B. Irving, with whom she appeared in a number of plays. In 1913, she retired from the stage, due to a miscarriage, and involved herself in charitable causes, especially with infant welfare, and put her attention towards family at a London's health centre known as the St. Pancras School for Mothers, of which she was a board member for many years. In 1917, Baird used her theatre and film experience to create the film “Motherhood”, with the help of Percy Nash, to try to help improve the living habits of mothers and infants and also to create political demands for social improvement.
PC_Edwardian Actors-Dorothy TempleNon-pu RP postcard - Dorothy Temple Dorothy (Dot) Temple was born on 12 January 1901 in Bayswater, London. She was an actress, known for Softly Softly: Task Force (1969). She died on 24 November 1987 in Richmond-upon-Thames, Surrey. Her lifelong love of the theatre was triggered in 1891 by seeing Lillie Langtry play the title role in Tom Taylor's Lady Clancarty at Cheltenham's New Theatre and Opera House (now the Everyman).
PC_Edwardian Actors-Edna MayUnused postcard - Pub: Rotary Photo - Photo of Edna May Edna May Pettie (September 2, 1878 – January 1, 1948), known on stage as Edna May , was an American actress and singer. A popular postcard beauty, May was famous for her leading roles in Edwardian musical comedies.
PC_Edwardian Actors-EJWillardDN_0001Non-pu postcard - “Dainty Novels” series - E S Willard Edward Smith Willard (1853-1915) was an English actor. He was born in Brighton on 9 January 1853 and made his debut on the stage at Weymouth in The Lady of Lyons in 1869. He moved to London in 1875, where he first played Antonio in The Merchant of Venice. One of his greatest successes was his production of The Middleman by Henry Arthur Jones, at the Shaftesbury in 1889, he himself creating the part of Cyrus Blenkarn. He travelled to the United States in 1890, and made his first appearance at Palmer's Theatre (later, Wallack's Theatre) in New York, 10 November 1890, when he again acted in The Middleman. He sailed to England, then returned again to the United States in 1896, remaining till 1903 having made 13 American tours. In 1906, he retired from the stage, but returned on special occasions, as in 1911 for the gala performance at His Majesty's Theatre, London, to play the part of Brutus in the forum scene from Julius Caesar. Willard died in London on 9 November 1915.