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Lettice Fairfax

{{Short description|English actress (1876–1948)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}

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| name = Lettice Fairfax

| image = Lettice Fairfax.jpg

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| caption = Lettice Fairfax in a postcard

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1876|03|26|df=yes}}

| birth_place = England

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| death_date = {{death date and age|1948|12|25|1876|03|26|df=yes}}

| death_place = Somerset, England

| burial_place = Wells Cathedral

| occupation = Actress

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| spouse = Compton Mackenzie 1896-1898

Children 1 Lettice jr Compton-Mackenzie.

{{Marriage|C. H. Biddulph Pinchard|1908|May 1944|end=d.}}

1John Biddulph Pinchard

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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

Lettice Fairfax was born on 26 March 1876.{{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AC1AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA310&ci=522%2C995%2C421%2C433 |title=Who's Who in the Theatre |editor-first=John |editor-last=Parker |edition=5th |publisher=Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons |place=London |page=310 |date=1926 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}

She married Major C. H. Biddulph Pinchard in 1908. He died in May 1944.{{Cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-wells-journal-death-of-mrs-b-pinch/138305544/ |title=Death of Mrs. B. Pinchard |newspaper=Wells Journal |page=3 |date=1948-12-31 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001179/19490106/030/0009 |title=Lettice Fairfax |newspaper=The Stage |page=9 |date=1949-01-06 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=British Newspaper Archive |url-access=subscription}}{{Cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yvERAAAAYAAJ&pg=RA1-PA272-IA1&ci=431%2C680%2C247%2C59 |title=Two Surreptitious Stage Marriages |magazine=The Bystander |volume=XII |number=153 |page=273 |date=1908-11-07 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}

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

Plays

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  • Auld lang sine (1892)J. P. Wearing, The London Stage 1890-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel- Scarecrow Press, 2013;
  • Don Juan (1893){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/356/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810809109 |page=473 |date=1976 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • An Artist's Model (1895){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/457/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810809109 |pages=457, [https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/511/mode/1up 511] |date=1976 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Josiah's Dream; or, The Woman of the Future (1895){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/569/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810809109 |page=569 |date=1976 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Muff of the Regiment (1896){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/598/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810809109 |page=598 |date=1976 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • When the Cat's Away (1896){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage189010001wear_p4k0/page/611/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1800-1899: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0810809109 |page=611 |date=1976 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The First Violin as May Wedderhorn (1898)
  • Captain Swift (1899 and 1906){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/473/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=473 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The First Night (1899){{fact|date=July 2024}}
  • Facing the music (1900){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/7/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=7 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Rip Van Winkle (1900){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/34/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=34 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Price of Peace (1900){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/50/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=50 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Queen's Double (1901){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/88/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=88 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Beau Austin (1901){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/90/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=90 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Beaucaire (1901-1902)
  • Sporting Simpson (1902){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/187/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=187 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Milky White (1902){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/188/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=188 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Lyre and Lancet (1902){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/191/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=191 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Brown at Brighton (1902){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/199/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=199 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Mrs. Gorringe's Necklace (1903-1904){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/224/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |pages=224, [https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/280/mode/1up 280] |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • My Lady of Roselade (1904){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/274/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=274 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Money Makers (1904){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/290/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=290 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • A Wife without a Smile (1904){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/319/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=319 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Mollentrave on Women (1905){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/349/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=349 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Alice Sit-by-the-Fire: A Page from a Daughter's Diary (1905)
  • Oliver Twist (1905){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/404/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=404 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Beside the Bonnie Brier Bush (1905){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/429/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=429 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • As You Like It (1906){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/434/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=434 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • Raffles, The Amateur Cracksman (1906){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/470/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=470 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Education of Elizabeth (1907){{Cite book |url=https://archive.org/details/londonstage190010000wear/page/600/mode/1up |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |title=The London Stage 1900-1909: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |volume=I |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=081081403X |page=600 |date=1981 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Internet Archive |url-access=registration}}
  • The Walk (1908)
  • A Lady calls on Peter (1921){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA76 |title=The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810893023 |page=76 |date=2014 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}
  • Me and My Diary (1922){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA143 |title=The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810893023 |page=143 |date=2014 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}
  • The Green Cord (1922){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA171 |title=The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810893023 |page=171 |date=2014 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}
  • The Rakshashi (1925){{Cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5vFEAwAAQBAJ&pg=PA346 |title=The London Stage 1920-1929: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel |first=J. P. |last=Wearing |edition=2nd |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=9780810893023 |page=346 |date=2014 |access-date=2024-01-08 |via=Google Books}}

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Filmography

References

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External links

  • {{IMDb name|nm0265571}}
  • {{IBDB name|401077}}

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Category:1876 births

Category:1948 deaths

Category:English stage actresses

Category:English silent film actresses

Category:19th-century English actresses

Category:20th-century English actresses

Category:Burials at Wells Cathedral