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Edith Craig

Overview

  • Born
    December 9, 1869 · Hertfordshire, England, UK
  • Died
    March 27, 1947 · Tenterden, Kent, England, UK
  • Birth name
    Edith Ailsa Geraldine Craig

Mini bio

  • Edith Craig born in Hertfordshire in 1869 from a famous theatre family, daughter of the legendary stage star Ellen Terry and architect-designer Edward William Godwin. Edith became a well-known stage director, producer, costume designer and actress making her stage debut at the Royal Court Theatre in 1878, sophisticated upper-class lady in a handful of film roles first appearing as the 'Dresser' in 'Her Greatest Performance' starring her mother Ellen Terry and Dennis Neilson-Terry and directed by Fred Paul for the Ideal Film Company in 1916, followed by a few other film roles at Master (Butcher) Film Company and the British Gaumont Film Co until 1923. later she was seen in a few talkies until 'Smashing the Rackets' in 1938. she was also a early pioneer of the women's suffrage movement in England and a classical pianist, she died in Kent in 1947 aged 78.
    - IMDb mini biography by: Paul Rothwell-Smith

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  • Parents
      Ellen Terry
  • Relatives
      Fred Terry(Aunt or Uncle)
      E. Gordon Craig(Sibling)

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  • Actress, costume designer, stage director, and pageant organizer.
  • Daughter of Ellen Terry and architect Edwin Godwin.
  • Older sister of E. Gordon Craig.
  • Stepdaughter of James Carew.

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