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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. Mrs. John Drew as Mrs. Malaprop in an all-star Broadway revival of The Rivals (1895)
Louisa Lane Drew (born Jan. 10, 1820, London, Eng.—died Aug. 31, 1897, Larchmont, N.Y., U.S.) was a noted American actress and manager of Mrs. John Drew’s Arch Street Theatre company in Philadelphia, which was one of the finest in American theatre history.
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Drew family, American theatre family. Louisa Lane (later Louisa Lane Drew; 1820–97) began her stage career at age eight in Philadelphia, where her widowed mother had brought her from England. Her many successful parts included Lady Teazle, Mrs. Malaprop, and such “breeches” roles as Shakespeare’s.
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British actress and theater manager. Name variations: Mrs. John Drew. Born Louisa Lane on January 10, 1820, at Lambeth Parish, London, England; died in Larchmont, New York, on August 31, 1897; daughter of Eliza Trentner (an actress) and William Haycraft Lane (an actor and stage manager); married Henry Blaine Hunt, in 1836 (divorced 1846 ...
Drew made his first New York appearance in 1846. He played Irish and light comedy parts with success in many American cities, and was the manager of the Arch Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Personal life. John married Louisa Lane in 1848 this being her third marriage and his first.
AN ANALYSIS OF THE LIFE AND LEGACY OF LOUISA LANE DREW A Thesis Presented by Rivka Kelly to The Faculty of the College of Arts and Sciences of The University of Vermont In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements For the degree of Bachelor of Arts with Honors In Theatre May, 2014
When a six-year-old Drew Barrymore auditioned for E.T. Steven Speilberg asked Drew to scream, who wrote that "I was a little better than they expected. They told me that I almost broke the instruments." At the age of five Louisa Lane played Meg Murnock; "The Hag of the Glen."