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... , DAMP FHITM R/AM1 whom Emmwood here depicts in typically sprightly mood, is at present performing with the Old Vic CL/lin t VHINj, at the New Theatre. She was born in London in 1888 and began her immensely successful career in 1912. For the most part she has devoted her outstanding talents to the London theatre, both as actress and producer, though in 1918 she toured with Ellen Terry, and in ...

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