Farebrother, Violet (1888–1969)
Farebrother, Violet (1888–1969)
English actress. Born Aug 22, 1888, in Grimsby, England; died Sept 27, 1969, in Eastbourne, Sussex, England.
Made stage debut in London as a walk-on in The Great Conspiracy (1907), followed by The Piper, Richard III, Sweet Nell of Old Drury (as Lady Castlemaine), Much Ado about Nothing (as Beatrice), Craig's Wife, Napoleon, Guilty, Othello, Major Barbara, Harvey and Where Angels Fear to Tread, among others; toured with Donald Wolfit in US and Canada; made film debut as Queen Elizabeth in Richard III (1917), followed by 21 others.
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