Lily Hanbury
Lily Hanbury , née Lilian Florence Alcock , (born April 24, 1874 in London , † March 5, 1908 ) was a British actress .
Life
Lily Hanbury, daughter of Matthew Henry Alcock (* 1842) and his wife Elisabeth Davis (1844–1941), was the sister of actress Hilda Hanbury . Their common cousin was the actress Julia Neilson .
Lily Hanbury appeared in numerous stage roles and was at times a member of the Herbert Beerbohm Trees theater company. She made her stage debut in 1888 at the Savoy Theater in Pygmalion and Galatea ( William Schwenck Gilbert ). Other notable roles were, for example, that of "Julia" in Richard Brinsley Sheridan's play The Rivals , that of "Petra" in Henrik Ibsen's An Enemy of the People and in the Shakespeare tragedies Julius Caesar that of " Calpurnia " and in Hamlet that " Ophelia ”. One of her personal greatest successes was the performance as "Lady Noeline Belturbet" in Arthur Wing Pinero's play The Amazons , which was performed 111 times at the Royal Court Theater from the premiere on March 7th to July 8th, 1893. In 1905 she married Herbert Guedella. She gave up her successful acting career as a result of a nervous breakdown.
She died as a result of giving birth to her child. The prayer took place in the central synagogue in London and the urn was buried in the Jewish cemetery in Willesden . Grandchildren include Edward and James Fox , great-grandchildren Freddie , Emilia and Laurence Fox .
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 .
literature
- Hanbury, Lily (Mrs. Herbert Guedella). In: The Green Room Book; Or, Who's who on the Stage: An Annual Biographical Record of the Dramatic, Musical and Variety World…. TS Clark, London, 1908, p. 207. ( limited preview in Google book search)
- Hanbury, Lily. In: William D. Rubinstein, Michael A. Jolles (Eds.): The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Springer-Verlag, 2011, p. 393. ( limited preview in Google book search)
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Society & personal. In: The Wheelwoman & Society Cycling News, London, August 14, 1897 p. 7. ( available online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hanbury, Lily |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alcock, Lilian Florence (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 24, 1874 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 5, 1908 |
| Place of death | London |