Actress Collection (page 76)

French Actress C1835
A French actress and three attentive admirers

Theatrical Pose
An unknown actress strikes a pictureque theatrical pose. Stage lighting is used to create an atmospheric quality. She gazes upwards forlornly with a hand on her heart

Lionel Duke of Dorset
ARTHUR MAYNWARING statesman and wit, continually getting into hot water with his political writings : he lived with the celebrated actress Ann Oldfield

Gabrielle Ray (Actress)
GABRIELLE RAY Actress and singer in musical comedy : considered by some to be the most beautiful woman in the United Kingdom

Mademoiselle Mars
ANNE FRANCOISE HIPPOLYTE BOUTET, mademoiselle MARS French actress admired by Napoleon, specialised in Moliere and Marivaux

Adrienne Lecouvreur
ADRIENNE LECOUVREUR French actress, popular in Moliere and Racine, died under suspicious circumstances, perhaps poisoned by a rival

Marguerite Georges
MARGUERITE GEORGES WEYMER French actress, made her Paris debut in 1802 and was briefly the mistress of Napoleon

Cath. Countess Essex
CATHERINE STEPHENS, countess of ESSEX singer and actress, second wife of the fifth earl

Greta Garbo Blonde
GRETA GARBO (real name Greta Lovisa Gustafsson) Swedish actress, as a blonde in Pirandellos Come la mi vuoi (As you see me)

Ada Cavendish, Actress
ADA CAVENDISH actress

Ellen Terry 1909
Dame ELLEN ALICE TERRY English actress in costume

Fanny Stirling
FANNY STIRLING actress here depicted as Mrs Malaprop in Sheridans The rivals

Nellie Farren
ELLEN Nellie FARREN actress who is best known as Principal Boy and other transvestite parts : here as Ganem in The forty thieves

Edward Terry, Actor
FLORENCE ST JOHN (nee Margaret Grieg) singer and actress, here as Boulotte in Barbe-bleu

Florence Gerard
FLORENCE GERARD actress as the hon. mrs George d Alroy in Caste. She later married American actor Henry Abbey. Date: CIRCA 1883

MARY ROZE singer and actress as Mignon

Violet Cameron, Actress
VIOLET CAMERON (Violet Lydia Thompson) actress, here as Gretchen in Rip van Winkle

Miss Fortescue
MISS FORTESCUE almost cerainly an actress

William Hunter Kendal
WILLIAM HUNTER KENDAL actor-manager, with his wife, MADGE KENDAL (nee Robertson) (1849 - 1935) actress

Kate Santley
KATE SANTLEY actress and theatre manager, sister of singer Charles Santley

Bernard-Beere, Actress
FANNY MARY BERNARD-BEERE (nee Whitehead, formerly Mrs H Cs Oliver) actress and opera singer, depicted here in Fedora

Gertie Millar Cycles
Popular actress Gertie Millar photograpjed on a bicycle in a studio setting

Siddons as Belvidera
SARAH SIDDONS (nee Kemble) actress as Belvidera in Otways Venice preserved

Sarah Siddons - Isabella
SARAH SIDDONS (nee Kemble) actress as Isabella in Shakespeares Measure for measure

Jordan as Peggy
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress renowned for her comic roles, notably this one of Peggy in The country girl : her laugh was famous and captivated her audiences

Jordan as Comic Muse
DOROTHEA JORDAN actress as The Comic Muse

Dorothea Jordan - 3
DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; playing a travesti role in Wycherleys The plain dealer

Priscilla Kemble - 6
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Miss Peggy in The country girl

Priscilla Kemble - 5
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Lavinia in Shakespeares Titus Andronicus

Priscilla Kemble - 4
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Aura in Johnsons The country lasses

Priscilla Kemble - 3
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Miss Notable in Colley Cibbers The ladys last stake

Priscilla Kemble - 2
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Irene in John Browns Barbarossa

Priscilla Kemble - 1
PRISCILLA KEMBLE (nee Hopkins) actress, later wife of John Philip Kemble : in the role of Arethusa in Beaumont & Fletchers Philaster

Bland as Madelon
MARIA THERESA BLAND (nee Romanzini) Italian-Jewish actress/ singer from age 4; in the travesti role of Madelon in George Colmans The surrender of Calais 1792

Bulkley in Gamesters
MRS BULKLEY, actress, as Mrs Wilding in The gamesters

Catherine Clive - 2
CATHERINE ( KITTY ) CLIVE Irish singer and actress

Catherine Clive - 1
CATHERINE ( KITTY ) CLIVE Irish singer and actress

Hartley as Jane Shore
ELIZABETH HARTLEY actress in a wildly unsuitable dress as Jane Shore in Nicholas Rowes play of that name. (Jane was one of the mistresses of Edward IV.) Date: 1751 - 1824

Hartley as Elvira
ELIZABETH HARTLEY actress as Elvira in Mallets play of that name

Hartley as Marcia
ELIZABETH HARTLEY actress as Marcia in Joseph Addisons Cato

Hartley as Mary Qo Scots
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, striking a dramatic pose as Mary Queen of Scots in John Bankss periodically revived play The Albion Queens

Hartley as Hermione
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, as Hermione in Shakespeares A winters tale

Hartley as Almeyda
ELIZABETH HARTLEY, actress, as Almeyda in Drydens Don Sebastian

Ann Barry as Constance
ANN SPRANGER BARRY actress as Constance in Shakespeares King John

Ann Barry as Zenobia
ANN SPRANGER BARRY actress as Zenobia, queen of Palmyra

Frances Abington - 12
FRANCES ABINGTON a popular actress of the London stage, known especially for her comic roles

Frances Abington
FRANCES ABINGTON actress, with her dog

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