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Ellen Terry

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Ellen Terry

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Also known as Alice Ellen Terry, Dame Alice Ellen Terry, Dame (Alice) Ellen Terry

English actress (1847–1928)

Person · Open Library

Works
13

Top works

  • Ellen terry's House Smallhythe Tenterden,kent
  • I Balletti Russi
  • The theatre student
  • Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw
  • Ellen Terry's Memoirs. with a Preface, Notes and Additional Biographical Chapters By Edith Craig and Christopher St. John

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type
Person
Gender
Female
Country
United Kingdom
Active from
1847
Active to
1928

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners
11
Total plays
159

Tags

englandspoken wordbritainactresstheatre

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Quotes

  • How Henry would have loved it.

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Key facts

Born
Alice Ellen Terry , ( 1847-02-27 ) 27 February 1847, Coventry , Warwickshire, England
Died
21 July 1928 (1928-07-21) (aged 81), Small Hythe , Kent, England
Resting place
St Paul's, Covent Garden
Spouses
George Frederic Watts ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1864 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1877 ) ​ Charles Clavering Wardell ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1877 , divorced ) ​ James Carew ​ ​ ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1907 ; separated</span>"}]]}'>sep. 1909 ) ​
Partner
Edward William Godwin (1868–1875)
Children
Edith Craig Edward Gordon Craig

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Encyclopedic overview

Dame Alice Ellen Terry (27 February 1847 – 21 July 1928) was an English actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Born into a family of actors, Terry began performing as a child, acting in Shakespeare plays in London, and toured throughout the British provinces in her teens. At 16, she married the 46-year-old artist George Frederic Watts, but they separated within a year. She soon returned to the stage but began a relationship with the architect Edward William Godwin and retired from the stage for six years. She resumed acting in 1874 and was immediately acclaimed for her portrayal of roles in Shakespeare and other classics.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ellen Terry” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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