507. Terry (Ellen) and others. A very large collection of signed postcard portraits of actresses and actors, 973 in all including a few duplicates, loosely inserted in a large album, half morocco, lacking spine, a few leaves and lower cover loose, tall folio, [the majority c.1900-1930].
est. £3500 – £5000
Actresses in the collection include Maud Allan, Maie Ash (7), Lena Ashwell (3, one with Robert Taber), Nina Boucicault (3), Lilian Braithwaite (4), Billie Burke (9), Mrs. Patrick Campbell, Pauline Chase (8, one as Peter Pan), Constance Collier (9), Gladys Cooper (2), Marie Dainton (7), Phyllis Dare (9, one with her brother), Zena Dare (9, one with Phyllis Dare, two with her mother in their car), Lily Elsie (11, two with her mother), Adeline Genée, Evie Greene (5), Muriel Martin Harvey (2), Cecilia Loftus (3), Marie Löhr (2), Mabel Love (3), Lillah McCarthy (3), Edna May (13, two with her sister Jane, two with Joseph Coyne), Gertie Millar (3), Julia Neilson (11, one with Fred Terry and others), Gabrielle Ray (5), Réjane, Florence Smithson (3), Marie Studholme (8), Marie Tempest (5), Ellaline Terriss (11, two with Seymour Hicks), Ellen Terry (2), Maud Beerbohm Tree (2), Viola Tree (2), Irene Vanbrugh (9, two with George Alexander), and Violet Vanbrugh (9, one with Charles Quartermain). Actors include George Alexander (2), Oscar Asche (2, one with his wife), Wilson Barrett, Constance Benson (4), Stanley Brett (2), C. Hayden Coffin (2), Edward Compton (3), George Edwards, George Grossmith Jr., Seymour Hicks (2), H.B. Irving (4), Gerald Lawrence (4), “Nipper” Lupino Lane (2), Harry Lauder, Gerald Du Maurier (5), Martin Harvey (5), Charles Hawtrey (3), Cyril Maude, Harry Randall (2), J. Forbes Robertson (2), George Robey, Harry Tate, Fred Terry (8), Herbert Beerbohm Tree, and Bransby Williams (2). There are several groups including two Gaiety Girls, each with six signatures, and The Follies with six signatures. About ten more recent additions include Richard Attenborough, Gwen Frangon Davies, Lonnie Donegan, Dulcie Gray, Barbara Murray, and Sheila Sim.
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