Ellaline Terriss
Biography
From Wikipedia
Mary Ellaline Terriss, Lady Hicks (13 April 1871 – 16 June 1971), known professionally as Ellaline Terriss, was a popular English actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. She met and married the actor-producer Seymour Hicks in 1893, and the two collaborated on many projects for the stage and screen.
Terriss appeared in over a dozen British films, generally in which her husband was involved as an actor, writer or director. These included the silent films Scrooge (1913), David Garrick (1913), Flame of Passion (1915), A Woman of the World (1916), Masks and Faces (1918), Always Tell Your Wife (1923), Land of Hope and Glory (1927). She made a successful transition to talkies, including Blighty (1927), Atlantic (1929), A Man of Mayfair (1931), Glamour (1931), The Iron Duke (1934), Royal Cavalcade (1935) and The Four Just Men (1939).
She died in Hampstead, England, at the age of 100.
Filmography
The Four Just Men
1939
as Lady Willoughby
The Iron Duke
1934
as Kitty - Duchess of Wellington
Man of Mayfair
1931
as Old Grace
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Glamour
1931
as Lady Belton
Atlantic
1929
as Alice Rool
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Land of Hope and Glory
1927
as Mrs. Whiteford
Blighty
1927
as Lady Villiers
Always Tell Your Wife
1923
as The Wife - Mrs. Chesson
- No poster
Masks and Faces
1917
as Member of Rich's Company
Scrooge
1913
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The World Famous Musical Comedy Artists Seymour Hicks and Ellaline Terriss in a Selection of Their Dances
1913