Neilson, Julia Emilie (1868–1957)

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Neilson, Julia Emilie (1868–1957)

English actress and theater manager. Born June 12, 1868, in London, England; died May 27, 1957, in London; educated in Wiesbaden and at Royal Academy of Music; m. Fred Terry (actor-manager and brother of Ellen Terry), 1891 (died 1933); children: Phyllis Neilson-Terry and Dennis Neilson-Terry (both actors).

Made acting debut at Lyceum Theater (1888); for next 12 years, acted in plays opposite such luminaries as Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, Sir John Hare, and Sir George Alexander; in collaboration with husband, was actor-manager on a series of successful productions (1900–30), including Sweet Nell of Old Drury (1900), The Scarlet Pimpernel (1905), and Henry of Navarre (1909); made last stage appearance in The Widow of Forty (1944).

See also Women in World History.

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