Baird, Dorothea (1875–1933)
Baird, Dorothea (1875–1933)
English actress. Name variations: Dorothea Irving; Lady Irving. Born May 20, 1875, in Teddington, England; died Sept 24, 1933, in Broadstairs, England; m. H.B. Irving (actor-manager, author, and son of Sir Henry Irving), 1896; children: Laurence Henry Forster Irving (artist and author, b. 1897); Elizabeth Irving (actress, b. 1904).
Made London debut as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1895); scored a triumph in the title role of Trilby (1895); other plays include As You Like It, The Happy Life, The Medicine Man (with Henry Irving), A Court Scandal, The Wedding Guest, Nero, Caesar Borgia, The Lyons Mail, Charles I, The Merchant of Venice and title role in Mauricette.
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