Sybil Arundel Arundale Edwardian Actress Antique Hand Signed Photo

NP147  Antique 5.5" x 3.5" hand signed photo for Miss Sybil Arundel famous Edwardian actress & who has personally autographed the souvenir where her signature rests perfectly accompanying her portrait bar a little aged and one small corner place this is otherwise great condition - vg+ grading - undedicated signing too.

From age 11, Arundale appeared with her sister Grace in music halls, where they were billed as "The Sisters Arundale". An early dramatic role, in 1898, was Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream and later as Rosalind in As You Like It. She appeared with the Birmingham Repertory Company, where she performed in Ibsens The Pillars of Society and The Wild Duck. She also appeared in pantomime and musicals, including Dick Whittington and His Cat, The Toreador, Venus by George Grossmith, My Lady Molly and The Cingalee. During World War I, she appeared in Fred Karno's 1915 revue 'All Women,' a show cast entirely of women, a novelty for the day. She also began to appear in films around this time. Later stage roles included a role in FirstClass Passengers Only (1927) She made a few television appearances, the last in an episode of the 1956 British series The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel.