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Ellen Terry

Ellen Alice Terry (February 27, 1847 - July 21, 1928) was an English stage actress.

Born in Coventry, she came of a theatrical family, her brother Fred Terry and several of her other siblings being actors. She first appeared on stage as a child. On 20 February 1864, shortly before her 17th birthday, she married the painter George Frederic Watts. However, the birth of her son, Gordon Craig, in 1872, was the result of a liaison with Edward Godwin, who later deserted her, having enforced her temporary retirement from acting.

From 1874 she became the leading Shakespearean actress in London, and in partnership with Henry Irving became successful in England and the USA. In 1876 she married Charles Kelly. In 1903 she formed a theatre management business with her son, abandoning Irving. She struck up a friendship and a famous correspondence with George Bernard Shaw. In 1907 she married American actor James Carew. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1925.

Her nephew, Sir John Gielgud, also became an actor. The singer, Helen Terry, is one of her descendants.


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The singer, Helen Terry, is one of her descendants. She then reappeared in 1987, playing opposite her husband, Bryan Brown (whom she met on the set of the The Thorn Birds), in The Good Wife. Her nephew, Sir John Gielgud, also became an actor. She became well known when she starred opposite Richard Chamberlain in the television mini-series The Thorn Birds. She disappeared from pictures for three years and studied acting. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1925. In 1983 she was voted one of the ten most beautiful women in the United States. In 1907 she married American actor James Carew. She attended Byram Art School in London before leaving at 16 to become a top fashion model.

She struck up a friendship and a famous correspondence with George Bernard Shaw. Rachel Claire Ward (born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, September 12, 1957), granddaughter of the 3rd Earl of Dudley, is an English actress that has made most of her career in Australia. In 1903 she formed a theatre management business with her son, abandoning Irving. "Christmas Lilies of the Field" (1979). In 1876 she married Charles Kelly. "Night School" (1981). From 1874 she became the leading Shakespearean actress in London, and in partnership with Henry Irving became successful in England and the USA. "Sharky's Machine" (1981).

However, the birth of her son, Gordon Craig, in 1872, was the result of a liaison with Edward Godwin, who later deserted her, having enforced her temporary retirement from acting. "Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid" (1982). On 20 February 1864, shortly before her 17th birthday, she married the painter George Frederic Watts. "The Final Terror" (1983). She first appeared on stage as a child. "Against All Odds" (1984). Born in Coventry, she came of a theatrical family, her brother Fred Terry and several of her other siblings being actors. "Fortress" (Made for TV) (1986).

Ellen Alice Terry (February 27, 1847 - July 21, 1928) was an English stage actress. "The Good Wife" (1987). "Hotel Colonial" (1987). "Shadow of the Cobra" (Made for TV) (1989). "How to Get Ahead in Advertising" (1989).

"After Dark, My Sweet" (1990). "And the Sea Will Tell" (Made for TV) (1991). "Black Magic" (Made for TV) (1992). "Double Jeopardy" (Made for TV) (1992).

"Christopher Columbus: The Discovery" (1992). "Wide Sargasso Sea" (1993). "The Ascent" (1994). "Double Obsession" (1994).

"My Stepson, My Lover" (Made for TV) (1997). "On the Beach" (Made for TV) (2000). "And Never Let Her Go" (Made for TV) (2001). "Johnson County War" (2002).

"Bobbie's Girl" (2002). "Martha's New Coat" (2003).