Thomas, Agnes (fl. 1878–1926)

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Thomas, Agnes (fl. 1878–1926)

English stage actress. Fl. between 1878 and 1926; m. Harry Lees-Craston; m. E. J. Malyon; children: (1st m.) Eily Malyon (1879–1961, actress).

On stage for over 50 years, made London debut in A Treaty of Peace (1878) and NY debut as Ariadne in Beauty (1885); other appearances include Elizabeth (with Adelaide Ristori), Bondage, The Wrong Door, The Guardsman, The World, The Wild Duck (as Gina Ekdal), The Passing of the Third Floor Back, Em'ly, Man and Superman, Rutherford and Son, The Wynmartens, David Copperfield (as Betsy Trotwood), and Pygmalion.

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