Carrington, Ethel (1889–1962)
Carrington, Ethel (1889–1962)
English actress. Born Ethel McDowell, Mar 29, 1889, in London, England; died June 26, 1962; m. Murray Carrington (actor, div.).
Made stage debut in Moths (1907); as a member of F.R. Benson's Company (1907–12), made London debut in The Piper (1910); at Stratford, appeared in Much Ado about Nothing, Merry Wives of Windsor, Merchant of Venice, as Viola in Twelfth Night, Bianca in The Taming of the Shrew, and Helena in A Midsummer Night's Dream; toured Canada and US (1913); other plays include The Arm of the Law, Stand and Deliver, The 13th Chair and Peter Ibbetson.
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