Ellen Terry
Lady Ellen Alice Terry GBE (born February 27, 1847 in Coventry , † July 21, 1928 in Smallhythe near Tenterden , Kent ) was a British stage actress and was considered the best Shakespeare interpreter of her time.
Life
Ellen Alice Terry came from a renowned family of actors. Her sisters Marion and Kate were also actors. She was already on stage as a child. On February 20, 1864, she married the painter George Frederic Watts . However, her first son, Edward Gordon Craig , whom she gave birth in 1872, was the result of a relationship with Edward William Godwin , a progressive architect. During this time she hardly played any theater. This connection ended in 1874.
After that, she became the most famous actress in Shakespeare's plays in London. Together with her partner Henry Irving , she also had success in the USA. In 1876 she married Charles Kelly . In 1903 she left him again and founded a theater management company with her son. She met George Bernard Shaw and became friends with him. In 1907 she married the American actor James Carew . From 1916 to 1922 she appeared in a number of films, including two anti-German propaganda films by Herbert Brenon in 1918 . For her life's work, she was awarded the Dame Commander of the British Empire in 1925 .
The actor John Gielgud is her nephew.
Filmography
- 1917: Her Greatest Performance
- 1918: Victory and Peace
- 1918: The Invasion of Britain
- 1918: Denny from Ireland
- 1918: Pillars of Society
- 1922: Potter's Clay
- 1922: The Bohemian Girl
Biographies
- Ellen Terry and Bernard Shaw. A correspondence. Edited by Christopher St. John. Constable, London, 1931.
- Roger Manvell: Ellen Terry. Putnam, New York NY 1968.
- Constance Fecher: Bright Star. A portrait of Ellen Terry. Farrar, Straus & Giroux, New York NY 1970, ISBN 0-374-30965-5 .
- Tom Prideaux: Love or Nothing. The Life and Times of Ellen Terry. Limelight Editions, New York NY 1987, ISBN 0-87910-105-9 .
- Nina Auerbach: Ellen Terry. Player in Her Time. University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia PA 1997, ISBN 0-8122-1613-X .
- Moira Shearer : Ellen Terry. Sutton, Stroud 1998, ISBN 0-7509-1526-9 .
Web links
- Ellen Terry. In: FemBio. Women's biography research (with references and citations).
- Ellen Terry in the Internet Movie Database (English)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Terry, Ellen |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Terry, Ellen Alice (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British stage actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 27, 1847 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coventry |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1928 |
| Place of death | Smallhythe at Tenterden , Kent |