ANNA TIMORA
Anna Timora / The documented archive

Ellen Terry

Actress

Historical portrait of actress Ellen Terry
Ellen Terry, photograph published c. 1890–1900, Wikimedia Commons; public domain · Image record ↗

Ellen Terry's long career on the British stage made her an important figure in theatre history. Through her son Edward Gordon Craig, her family story enters this wider artistic network.

FROM THE ARCHIVE / RESEARCH & SOURCES

Beyond the introduction

A theatrical career independent of the salon

Ellen Terry (1847–1928) was a leading British actress and Edward Gordon Craig’s mother. Her place in the Constellation follows a family connection through Craig and Duncan. It is not an assertion that she personally knew Natalie Barney.

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Actress / 1847–1928

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Connections in the archive

  • Edward Gordon Craig — family. Edward Gordon Craig was the son of the actress Ellen Terry. Evidence: Research lead / not yet verified Source 1 ↗ 3 archival assertions consolidated for display

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For Further Research

Institutional collections and reference records connected to this life. Collection descriptions are not substitutes for reading the individual documents.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts · EN · Archival finding aid

Isadora Duncan and Edward Gordon Craig Papers

Original notes, letters, photographs and material documenting Duncan’s relationship with Edward Gordon Craig.

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