Ellaline Terriss

Birth : 1871-04-13, Stanley, Falkland Islands

Death : 1971-06-16

History

From Wikipedia Mary Ellaline Terriss, Lady Hicks (13 April 1871 – 16 June 1971), known professionally as Ellaline Terriss, was a popular English actress and singer, best known for her performances in Edwardian musical comedies. She met and married the actor-producer Seymour Hicks in 1893, and the two collaborated on many projects for the stage and screen. Terriss appeared in over a dozen British films, generally in which her husband was involved as an actor, writer or director. These included the silent films Scrooge (1913), David Garrick (1913), Flame of Passion (1915), A Woman of the World (1916), Masks and Faces (1918), Always Tell Your Wife (1923), Land of Hope and Glory (1927). She made a successful transition to talkies, including Blighty (1927), Atlantic (1929), A Man of Mayfair (1931), Glamour (1931), The Iron Duke (1934), Royal Cavalcade (1935) and The Four Just Men (1939). She died in Hampstead, England, at the age of 100.

Movies

The Four Just Men
Lady Willoughby
The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.
The Iron Duke
The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
Man of Mayfair
Old Grace
'Lord poses as workman to win dancer who works as waitress in her mother's tea garden.' (British Film Catalogue)
Glamour
Lady Belton
A young, ruthless woman falls in love with a rising actor.
Atlantic
Alice Rool
A heavily fictionalized version of the RMS Titanic story.
Land of Hope and Glory
Mrs. Whiteford
A girl saves her fiancé's stabiliser plans from spies.
Blighty
Lady Villiers
A chauffeur becomes an officer and later cares for his master's widow and child.
Always Tell Your Wife
The Wife - Mrs. Chesson
A comedic short filmed directed by an uncredited Alfred Hitchcock about an affair.
Masks and Faces
Member of Rich's Company
An actress cures an aged flirt by posing as his wife.