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- Birth nameHelen Maud Holt
- Lady Tree was born on October 5, 1858 in Bexley, Kent, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Girl from Maxim's (1933), Wedding Rehearsal (1932) and Still Waters Run Deep (1916). She was married to Herbert Beerbohm Tree. She died on August 7, 1937 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseHerbert Beerbohm Tree(September 16, 1882 - July 2, 1917) (his death, 3 children)
- RelativesOliver Reed(Grandchild)
- Mother of actress Viola Tree and grandmother of actor David Tree.
- Veteran British actress who was a fixture on the London stage for well over 50 years.
- A volume of correspondence between Helen Maud Holt and her literary, business and family contacts was edited and published by Susana Cory-Wright (nee Torrents dels Prats), the ex-wife of her great grandson, Anthony Jonathan Cory-Wright, titled Lady Tree: A Theatrical Life in Letters (2012).
- She was educated at Queen's College, London, taking high honours in classics, and making her stage debut in a student production of a Greek drama.
- After early stage appearances beginning in 1883, Mrs Tree married and established a theatrical partnership with her husband, in which they appeared in revivals of classic plays and productions of new plays, first at the Theatre Royal, Haymarket and then at Her Majesty's Theatre.
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