Miss Louise Freear Edwardian Actress Comedian Rotophat Old Miniature Postcard

bg342  Antique miniature Rotophat postcard of this rarely found Edwardian Actress & Comedienne unused and in truly outstanding condition. 

Louise Freear was born in Lambeth, London, and was part of the Freear theatrical family; her parents were actor Henry Butler Freear and Mary Jane Freear (nÔøΩe Burke), a vocalist. Her brother Walter Freear was an actor, dancer and comedian, and brother Alfred worked as a musician. Described as "vital and diminutive", she performed the role Flo Honeydew in The Lady Slavey (1894) and Puck in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's lavish 1900 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. [3] She was also a success in George Dance's comic opera, A Chinese Honeymoon, in 1901.[2] In 1912, she married Charles Shepherd. She died at her home London on 23 March 1939, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.