Louisa Lane Drew
Louisa Lane Drew | |
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| Spouses | Henry B. Hunt (m. 1836)George Mossop
(m. 1848; died 1849)John Drew (m. 1850; died 1862) |
| Children | Louisa Drew John Drew Jr. Georgiana Drew Sidney Drew (adopted) |
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Louisa Lane Drew (January 10, 1820 – August 31, 1897) was an English-born American actress and theatre owner and an ancestor of the Barrymore acting family.[1] Professionally, she was often known as Mrs. John Drew.
Life and career
Louisa Lane was born in London, England, the daughter of Eliza Trentner (1796–1887), a singer and actress, and Thomas Frederick Lane (1796–1825), an actor and theatre manager.
She and her third husband
In May 1895, the aged Mrs Drew appeared in an all-star revival of Sheridan's The Rivals.[10][11] In 1897, an ailing Louisa Drew spent her last summer at her annual Larchmont, New York, retreat with her grandsons Lionel and John Barrymore.
Death
She died on August 31, 1897, at the age of 77 and her body was initially interred at Glenwood Cemetery[12] and eventually moved to Mount Vernon Cemetery.
The historic Arch Street Theatre was demolished in 1936.[13][14]
References
- ^ Mrs. John Drew: North American Theatre Online[dead link]
- ^ a b Billboard June 6, 1942
- ISBN 978-0-19-860669-7. Retrieved July 16, 2020.
- ^ Moses, Montrose J. (1906). Famous Actor-Families in America. p. 169.
- ISBN 9780813122137.
- ^ "BarrymoreFamily.com". www.barrymorefamily.com. Archived from the original on July 18, 2012. Retrieved March 18, 2020.
- ^ The Unrecognized Drew by Talia Myers Retrieved September 9, 2014
- ^ Georgie Drew Mendum; University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
- ^ Limited, Alamy. "Stock Photo - Stage actress Georgie Drew Mendum, ca. 1910s". Alamy.
- ^ Hopper, DeWolf (1927). Once a Clown, Always a Clown: Reminiscences of DeWolf Hopper. Boston: Little Brown and Company. pp. 119–124.
- ^ Brown, Thomas Allston (1903). A History of the New York Stage from the First Performance in 1732 to 1901. Vol. 3. New York: Dodd, Mead and Company. pp. 69–70.
- ISBN 0-674-62734-2. Retrieved January 19, 2022.
- ^ America's Longest Run: A History of the Walnut Street Theatre by Andrew Davis c.2010 ..Retrieved July 2, 2015
- ISBN 9780271035789..Retrieved July 2, 2015
- Drew, Louisa Lane (1899). Autobiographical sketch of Mrs. John Drew. New York, New York: C. Scribner's Sons.
External links
- Works by or about Louisa Lane Drew at Internet Archive
- Louisa Lane Drew at the Internet Broadway Database
- Louisa Lane Drew at Find a Grave
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