Terry, Ellen Alice [Mrs. James Carew] (1848-1928)
English actress, was born at Coventry. She made her first appearance on the stage in 1856, as the boy Mamillius in The Winter's Tale. In 1867, she appeared for the first time with Henry Irving, with whom, after 1878, she was associated for 24 years rising to foremost rank among English actresses.
Her notable roles include Portia, Hermione, Juliet, Mistress Page, and Viola, in Shakespearean plays; Fair Rosamund in Tennyson's Becket; and Madame Sans-Gêne in a Sardou adaptation.
~ The Lincoln Library of Essential Information, Volume 2, Thirty-Fifth Edition, 1972, Biography, Page 1985
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