Ellen Alice Terry (
1848-
1928) was an English actress born in
Coventry. In
1864 she married the painter
George Frederick Watts[?]. From
1874 she became the leading Shakespearian actress in London, and in partnership with
Henry Irving[?] became successful in England and the USA. In
1876 she married Charles Kelly. In
1903 she formed a theatre management business with her son, abandoning Irving. In
1907 she married American actor
James Carew[?]. She became a Dame Commander of the British Empire (DBE) in
1925.
Great aunt of Sir John Gielgud (qv).