Violet Vanbrugh
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Violet Augusta Mary Bourchier, née Barnes, known professionally as Violet Vanbrugh, was an English actress with a career that spanned more than fifty years.
Violet Vanbrugh in 1907
Vanbrugh c. 1889, perhaps as Kitty Maitland in The Don
As Portia in The Merchant of Venice, painted by William Hatherell
Arthur Bourchier
Irene Vanbrugh
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Dame Irene Boucicault, known professionally as Irene Vanbrugh, was an English actress. The daughter of a clergyman, Vanbrugh followed her elder sister Violet into the theatrical profession and sustain
Violet Vanbrugh
…Vanbrugh, was an English actress with a career that spanned more than fifty years. Vanbrugh was from a family with theatrical connections. The actress Irene Vanbrugh was one of her younger sisters and a brother, Kenneth Barnes, became principal of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She made her professional debut…
Photo of Vanbrugh in the Black & White Budget, 20 October 1900
As Gwendolen in The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895: l. to r. Allan Aynesworth, Evelyn Millard, Vanbrugh and George Alexander
As Lady Mary in The Admirable Crichton, 1902
Nina Sevening (l), Vanbrugh and Lillah McCarthy in Somerset Maugham's comedy Caroline, 1916