Hilda Louise Hanbury

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Hilda Louise Hanbury , nee Alcock , married Fox and later Guedella (* 1875 in St Pancras, London , † 1961 in St. Austell ) was a British actress .

Life

Hanbury was born as the daughter of Matthew Henry Alcock (* 1842) and his wife Elisabeth Davis (1844-1941). Her older sister Lily Hanbury (1874-1908; born Lillian Florence Alcock ) was also an actress. Their common cousin was the actress Julia Neilson .

Hilda Hanbury performed in London Music Halls . In 1891 she was a teenager in the West End as Nancy Ditch in the play Miss Tomboy by Robert Buchanan her stage debut. She was also seen on stage as a member of Herbert Beerbohm Trees' theater group , of which she had been a member since 1892. With the Beerbohm Tree Company she made a guest appearance in 1895 on an American tour in New York City .

Her stage roles included, among other things, the role of Mrs. Clarence in the 1899, then very successful fantastic comedy A Message from Mars by Richard Ganthony . In August / September 1901 she appeared at the London Imperial Theater as Mrs. Prescott in Boyle Lawrence's play A Man of His World . In February 1895 she also played the role of Countess Volkker for the American premiere of the play A Bunch of Violets by Sydney Grundy at the Abbey's Theater in New York. There are also photographs, artist postcards and cigarette pictures by Hilda Hanbury from around 1900 , which indicate a certain popularity. In contrast to her sister Lily Hanbury, however, she mostly played small roles.

In 1905 she stepped down from the stage. In the same year she married Arthur William Fox (* 1870) in St. Giles Church in London ; one of their three children was artist agent Robin Fox . The divorce took place in 1923. A second marriage took place with Herbert Guedella, her brother-in-law and husband of her late sister Lily.

Trivia

A report in the London newspaper The Wheelwoman & Society Cycling News of August 14, 1897, shows that she and her sister learned to ride a bicycle at the Empire Cycle School on Tavistock Place , which was noteworthy for women at the time .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c The Roots of Emilia Fox . Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  2. ↑ BEERBOHM TREE'S COMPANY; Many of Its Members Arrived Yesterday - Mr. and Mrs. Tree on the Way. New York Times January 20, 1895.
  3. ^ JP Wearing: The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel . Pp. 69/70. Retrieved May 1, 2016
  4. ^ A Bunch of Violets cast; in: History of the New York Stage, 1732-190 , Vol. 3 , 1903, p. 593. Retrieved May 1, 2016.
  5. ↑ Hilda Louise Hanbury on thepeerage.com , accessed September 17, 2016.
  6. ^ Emilia Fox family tree at The Genealogist.co.uk. Retrieved May 1, 2016
  7. ^ Society & personal. In: The Wheelwoman & Society Cycling News, London, August 14, 1897 p. 7. ( available online ).
personal data
SURNAME Hanbury, Hilda Louise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alcock, Hilda Louise (maiden name); Fox, Hilda Louise; Guedella, Hilda Louise
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actress
DATE OF BIRTH 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH St Pancras, London
DATE OF DEATH 1961
Place of death St. Austell