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Ellen Terry

Born 27 February 1847 in Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom, as Ellen Alice Terry.
Died 21 July 1928 in Small Hythe, Kent, England, United Kingdom, of heart failure.

Married painter George Frederick Watts, 20 February 1864; divorced 1877.
Married Charles Wardell Kelly, 21 November 1877; until Charles’ death, 1885.
Married actor James Carew, March 1907; until Ellen’s death, 21 July 1928.

Ellen Terry began her stage career at eight years old. Over the course of decades, Terry began a major stage star in England and America.

Other than some documentary film appearances in 1903, Ellen Terry appears to have begun in motion pictures in 1916 at the age of 69.

References: Website-IMDb.