James Carew of Ellen Terry Shakespeare USA Actor Hand Signed Old Photo

NP148  Antique 5.5" x 3.5" hand signed photo postcard for James Carew historic Edwardian actor who has personally autographed the souvenir where his signature rests perfectly accompanying his portrait with just small or mild surface otherwise great condition (vg+ to ex minus) and is a very rare autograph to source.

James Usselman (February 5, 1876 April 4, 1938), known professionally as James Carew, was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began working as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in Chicago in 1897 in Damon and Pythias. In 1905, Carew moved to England, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London, later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry, one of the bestknown and noted British actresses of the day. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years his senior. The couple separated in 1910 but there is no record of divorce. In fact he is listed as living with Ellen at Smallhythe in the 1911 Census. Carew made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.