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Birth
Born with the name Alice Ellen Terry in Coventry, Warwickshire, England -
Debut of Ellen Terry
The debut of Ellen Terry as Mamillius in Charles Kean's production of the Winter's Tale. -
The Good Fairy Goldenstar and The Bad Dragonetta
Ellen played the good fairy Goldenstar , and the bad Dragonetta, in the panomime " The White Cat" -
Prince Arthur
Ellen is Acclamed as Prince Arthur in King John. -
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on tour in A Drawing-Room Entertainment
Ellen's father Ben Terry took Kate (her sister) and Ellen on tour in a Drawing-Room Entertainment -
George Watts
Ellen meets George Fredric Watts, her first husband,and poses with Kate for his painting,"the sisters." -
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First Marriage
Shortly before her 17th birthday, when Watts was 46 they got married. Ellen gave up acting during her marriage to Watts. Neither she nor her husband were faithful, and they separated after 10 months of marriage. -
The Wigans'
Ellen joins the Wigans' company, Where she and Henry Irving star in Katherine and Petruchio, Garrick's adaption of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew. -
Edward William Godwin
Ellen runs off to the country with Edward William Godwin. -
Edith
The Birth of her first child Edith Craig. -
Edward Gordan
Birth of her second born Edward Gordan Craig. -
Olivia ,Ophelia and Leading lady
Ellen debubts as Olivia in W.G.wills's adaptaion of The Vicar of Wakefield and as Ophelia and leading lady of Henry Irving's Lyceum. -
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Charles Clavering Wardell
marriage to Charles Wardell -
Beatrice and Benedick
Ellen plays Beatrice to Charles Wardell's Benedick in Much Ado About Nothing. -
Craig
Ellen Terry's children take the name of Craig -
Goodbye, Lyceum Company
Termination of Ellen'sassociation with the Lyceum Company. -
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James Carew
Her last marriage to an American actor named James Carew. -
Eyes
Ellen Is operated on for cataracts, but is nearly blind therafter -
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Five forgettable films
Ellen apperes in five forgettable films.
1922 The Bohemian Girl
Buda, the Nurse
1920 Pillars of Society
Widow Bernick
1919 Her Greatest Performance
Julia Lovelace
1918 Victory and Peace
Widow Weaver
1918 Denny from Ireland
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A Dame Grand Cross
Ellen became a Dame Grand Cross of the British Empire. -
Death
Died at the age of 81
