Ellen Terry

The singer, Helen Terry, is one of her descendants. Though she suffered from anorexia earlier in her life, she died of cancer. Her nephew, Sir John Gielgud, also became an actor. She was born in Norwood, Ohio, and became best known for her roles in Hollywood musicals such as White Christmas and On the Town. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in 1925. Vera-Ellen Westmeyer Rohe (February 16, 1921 - 30 August 1981) was an American actress and dancer known best by just her hyphenated first name. In 1907 she married American actor James Carew.

She struck up a friendship and a famous correspondence with George Bernard Shaw. In 1903 she formed a theatre management business with her son, abandoning Irving. In 1876 she married Charles Kelly. From 1874 she became the leading Shakespearean actress in London, and in partnership with Henry Irving became successful in England and the USA.

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. On 20 February 1864, shortly before her 17th birthday, she married the painter George Frederic Watts. She first appeared on stage as a child. Born in Coventry, she came of a theatrical family, her brother Fred Terry and several of her other siblings being actors.

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