Esmond, Annie (1873–1945)

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Esmond, Annie (1873–1945)

English actress. Born Sept 27, 1873, in Surrey, England; died Jan 4, 1945.

Made stage debut in Sheffield in Mother Goose (1891) and London debut in Our Flat (1894); toured with Olga Nethersole in Sapho and Magda; appeared in NY in The Catch of the Season (1905), remaining there until 1914; other London plays include Damaged Goods, The Flame, Fata Morgana, Doctor Knock, Mr. Pickwick, Little Accident, The Stranger Within, Biography and Young Mr. Disraeli; made film debut in Dawn (1917) and subsequently appeared in over 60 films, including Mr. Pim Passes By, The Outsider, Royal Cavalcade, and Dear Octopus, and as Mrs. Bindle in the "Bindle" series.