Lettice Fairfax

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Lettice Fairfax
Lettice Fairfax in a postcard
Born(1876-03-26)26 March 1876
Died25 December 1948(1948-12-25) (aged 72)
Somerset, England
Burial placeWells Cathedral
OccupationActress
SpouseCompton Mackenzie 1896-1898

Children 1 Lettice jr Compton-Mackenzie.

C. H. Biddulph Pinchard
(m. 1908; died 1944)
1John Biddulph Pinchard

Alice Lilian Robbins "Lettice" Fairfax (26 March 1876 – 25 December 1948) was an English stage and silent film actress. She is known for her roles in the Edwardian musical comedy An Artist's Model (1895) and in silent cinema such as Brother Officers as Baroness Honour Royden (1915).

Biography[edit]

Lettice Fairfax was born on 26 March 1876.[1]

She married Major C. H. Biddulph Pinchard in 1908. He died in May 1944.[2][3][4]

She died in Somerset on 25 December 1948, and was buried at Wells Cathedral.[2][3]

Plays[edit]

  • Auld lang sine (1892)[5]
  • Don Juan (1893)[6]
  • An Artist's Model (1895)[7]
  • Josiah's Dream; or, The Woman of the Future (1895)[8]
  • The Muff of the Regiment (1896)[9]
  • When the Cat's Away (1896)[10]
  • The First Violin as May Wedderhorn (1898)
  • Captain Swift (1899 and 1906)[11]
  • The First Night (1899)
  • Facing the music (1900)[12]
  • Rip Van Winkle (1900)[13]
  • The Price of Peace (1900)[14]
  • The Queen's Double (1901)[15]
  • Beau Austin (1901)[16]
  • Beaucaire (1901-1902)
  • Sporting Simpson (1902)[17]
  • Milky White (1902)[18]
  • Lyre and Lancet (1902)[19]
  • Brown at Brighton (1902)[20]
  • Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace (1903-1904)[21]
  • My Lady of Roselade (1904)[22]
  • The Money Makers (1904)[23]
  • A Wife without a Smile (1904)[24]
  • Mollentrave on Women (1905)[25]
  • Alice Sit-by-the-Fire: A Page from a Daughter's Diary (1905)
  • Oliver Twist (1905)[26]
  • Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1905)[27]
  • As You Like It (1906)[28]
  • Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (1906)[29]
  • The Education of Elizabeth (1907)[30]
  • The Walk (1908)
  • A Lady calls on Peter (1921)[31]
  • Me and My Diary (1922)[32]
  • The Green Cord (1922)[33]
  • The Rakshashi (1925)[34]

Filmography[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Parker, John, ed. (1926). Who's Who in the Theatre (5th ed.). London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons. p. 310. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b "Death of Mrs. B. Pinchard". Wells Journal. 31 December 1948. p. 3. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Lettice Fairfax". The Stage. 6 January 1949. p. 9. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. ^ "Two Surreptitious Stage Marriages". The Bystander. Vol. XII, no. 153. 7 November 1908. p. 273. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel- Scarecrow Press, 2013;
  6. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 473. ISBN 0810809109. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  7. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. pp. 457, 511. ISBN 0810809109. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  8. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 569. ISBN 0810809109. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  9. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 598. ISBN 0810809109. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1976). The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 611. ISBN 0810809109. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  11. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 473. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  12. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 7. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  13. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 34. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  14. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 50. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  15. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 88. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  16. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 90. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  17. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 187. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  18. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 188. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  19. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 191. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  20. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 199. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  21. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. pp. 224, 280. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  22. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 274. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  23. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 290. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  24. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 319. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  25. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 349. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  26. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 404. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  27. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 429. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  28. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 434. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  29. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 470. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  30. ^ Wearing, J. P. (1981). The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Vol. I. Scarecrow Press. p. 600. ISBN 081081403X. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  31. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 76. ISBN 9780810893023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  32. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 143. ISBN 9780810893023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  33. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 171. ISBN 9780810893023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.
  34. ^ Wearing, J. P. (2014). The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel (2nd ed.). Rowman & Littlefield. p. 346. ISBN 9780810893023. Retrieved 8 January 2024 – via Google Books.

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