Irene Vanbrugh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Irene Vanbrugh

British actress

Date of Birth: 02-Dec-1872

Place of Birth: Exeter, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 30-Nov-1949

Profession: actor, stage actor, film actor

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Dame Irene Vanbrugh DBE (2 December 1872 – 30 November 1949) was an English actress.
The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustained a career for more than 50 years. In her early days as a leading lady she was particularly associated with the plays of Arthur Wing Pinero and later had parts written for her by J.
M.
Barrie, Bernard Shaw, Somerset Maugham, A.
A.
Milne and Noël Coward.
More famous for comic rather than dramatic roles, Vanbrugh nevertheless played a number of the latter in both modern works and the classics.
Her stage debut was in Shakespeare, but she seldom acted in his works later in her career; exceptions were her Queen Gertrude in Hamlet in 1931 and her Meg Page in The Merry Wives of Windsor, opposite her sister Violet as Alice Ford, in 1937. Vanbrugh appeared frequently in fundraising shows for various charities.
She was active over many years in the support of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, of which her brother was principal.
After her death the Academy's new theatre was named The Vanbrugh Theatre in honour of her and her sister.

Ernest Walter Histed (1862–1947)
Alternative names	E. W. Histed; Histed; Ernest Histed
Description	American photographer
Date of birth/death	1862	1947
Location of birth/death	Brighton	Palm Beach
Work location	Brighton; Chicago; Pittsburgh; London; New York City
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