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Lena Ashwell

DirectorBorn 1872, died 1957On stage 19111 production on this page

Lena Ashwell
Alexander Bassano

Lena Margaret Ashwell, Lady Simson (née Pocock; 28 September 1872 – 13 March 1957) was a British actress and theatre manager and producer, known as the first to organise large-scale entertainment for troops at the front, which she did during World War I. After the war she created the Lena Ashwell Players.

On stage

1 production
1911
Judith ZaraineBroadway Astor Theatre. Original
16 performances

Also credited on

1 work

Jotham Valley

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