Britton, Hutin (1876–1965)
Britton, Hutin (1876–1965)
English actress. Name variations: Nellie Britton, Nellie Hutin Britton. Born April 24, 1876, in Reading, England; died Sept 3, 1965; m. Matheson Lang (1879–1948, actor and manager).
Made stage debut with Frank Benson's Rep company at Brighton in Henry V (1901); came to prominence as Dagny in The Vikings (1903); with a career that stretched over 4 decades, appeared in such parts as Portia, Ophelia, Lady Macbeth, Volumnia in Coriolanus, Hero in Much Ado about Nothing, and Lady Elizabeth in Richard III; with husband, assisted Lilian Baylis in producing the 1st Shakespeare season at Old Vic (1914); in later years, was on the governing board of the Old Vic.
See also Matheson Lang's Mr. Wu Looks Back (1940).
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