Actress Collection (#25)

Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Artist: Goldar
Ben Jonson, English dramatist, poet and actor, (1785). Jonson (c1572-1637) is best known for his plays Volpone and The Alchemist, and for his lyric poems. (Colorised black and white print)

Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Artist: Alfred Ellis & Walery
Mrs. Graham Moffatt, 1916. Margaret Liddel Lincks (1882-1942), actress. From The British Printer Vol. XXIX. [Raithby, Lawrence & Co. Ltd, London and Leicester, 1916]

An Actor, c1887, (1901). Artist: Mortimer L Menpes
An Actor, c1887, (1901). From Japan - A Record in Colour, by Mortimer Menpes. [Adam & Charles Black, London, 1901]

Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, c1791, (1910). Artist: John Jones
Mrs. Jordan in the Character of Hypolita, 1910. Dorothea Jordan (1761-1816) was an Anglo-Irish actress, courtesan, and the mistress and companion of the future King William IV of the United Kingdom

Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Artist: George Romney
Mrs. Ann Pitt, c1790, (1917). Ann Pitt (c1720-1799), British actress in the Covent Garden Theatre company. Painting held at Kenwood House, Hampstead, London. From Bibbys Annual 1917, [J

Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Lena Ashwell, 1900. Lena Ashwell (1872-1957), British actress and acting manager. From Black & White Budget, Vol. III. [The Black and White Publishing Company, J P

Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino - The Casino Girl at the Shaftesbury, 1 Artist: W&D Downey
Miss Mabelle Gilman, the Bewitching Girl in the Casino, 1900. Mabelle Gilman Corey (b1874), American actress. She was married to William Ellis Corey president of the Carnegie Steel Company

Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. Artist: Foulsham and Banfield
Sir George Edward Wade (1869-1954), in the character of the Mayor of Mudcumdyke, c1912. George Robey, English comedian, singer and actor

Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Artist: Jean Francois Janinet
Madame Dugazon, 1770, (1913). Louise-Rosalie Lefebvre, known as Madame Dugazon, French actress, singer and dancer (1755-1821). After Claude-Jean-Baptiste Hoin (1750-1817)

Samuel Foote, English playwright, actor and theatre manager, c1875 (1878). Samuel Foote (1720-1777) was a dramatist, actor and manager of the Haymarket Theatre, London

Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). Artist: Maxime Dethomas
Costume Designs for Henry VIII (Theatre De L Opera, Paris, 1920), c1920, (1923). From The Studio Volume 84. [London Offices of the Studio, London, 1923]

Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. Artist: William Hogarth
Scene from the The Beggars Opera VI, 1731. The Beggars Opera is a play by John Gay, first performed at the Lincolns Inn Theatre in London in 1728. From William Hogarth, by Austin Dobson

The Indian Emperor, 1732. Artist: William Hogarth
The Indian Emperor, 1732. A scene from John Drydens play The Indian Emperour or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards as performed in the year 1731 at Mr Conduit s, Master of the Mint

Interviewed in camera: Film Producer Basil Dean reveals Star Booths Gin In Your Cocktails And You ll Always Produce A Success, c1935 (1935)

Frances Day in person: Booths Gin Brings Out The Best In Any Company, c1935 (1935). Frances Day (real name Frances Victoria Schenck, (1908-1984), American actress and singer

Tom Walls: Would That The Pedigree Of A Horse Were As Reliable A Guide As The Name Of Booths On A Bottle Of Gin, c1935 (1935)

Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s?? Arnaud. c1935 (1935)
Your call, Miss Arnaud A Cocktail With Booth s? - Ah Yes! Without Booth s? Arnaud. c1935 (1935). Yvonne Arnaud (1890-1958), French pianist, singer and actress

Curtain call for Sybil Thorndike A Cocktail In Which Booths Plays A Leading Part Receives An Enthusiastic Reception From The Most Captious Critics, c1935 (1935)

Ivor Novello confesses: It Takes Me A Long Time To Compose A Score, But It Only Takes Booths Two Minutes To Compose A Quarrel, 1935 (1935)

Rehearsing a play in ordinary dress, London, c1901 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims. [Cassell and Company, Limited, London, Paris, New York & Melbourne, 1901]

A theatrical company starting on tour, Euston Station, London, c1900 (1901). From Living London, Vol. 1, edited by George R. Sims

Ginger Rogers, American actress, dancer and singer, c1938. Ginger Rogers (1911-1995) appeared in 73 films over a 35 year movie career

A pause for instruction from film producer Anthony Asquith, Twickenham, London, c1932. During the making of the Gainsborough Pictures film, The Lucky Number

Joe E. Brown (1892-1973), American actor and comedian, 20th century. In 1902, at the age of 10, Brown joined a troupe of circus tumblers known as the Five Marvellous Astons which toured the country

Charlie Chaplin, English / American actor and comedian, 1928
Charlie Chaplin, English/American actor and comedian, 1928. Seen here in a scene from The Circus, Chaplin (1889-1977) was an Academy Award-winning actor and director

Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian, 1926. Artist: Alick P F Ritchie
Sir Harry Lauder, Scottish comedian, 1926. Portrait of Lauder (1870-1950). Cigarette card with straight-line caricature, issued by John Player & Sons

Gloria Stuart, American stage, television and film actress, 1934-1935. Gloria Stuart appeared in over 40 films in the 1930s

Will Hay, British comedian and actor, 1934-1935. Hay starred in numerous British film comedies in the 1930s and 1940s. Taken from Meet the Film Stars, by Seton Margrave. (London, 1934-1935)

Charlie Chaplin, comedian and actor, c1921. Chaplin asleep on a bench, cradling a bag of golf clubs in his arms. Photograph promoting the motion picture The Idle Class, released in 1921

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