Ethel Warwick

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Ethel Warwick
Photograph from 1924
Born13 October 1882
Died12 September 1951 (1951-09-13) (aged 68)
Occupations
  • Artists model
  • Actress
Years active1900–1936
SpouseEdmund Waller (m. 1906; d. 1915)

Ethel Maude Warwick (13 October 1882 – 12 September 1951) was a British

stage actress, appearing in both plays and films.[1] Warwick was also a model for several artists, prominently for John William Godward
.

Biography

Early years

Ethel Maude Warwick was a daughter of Frank and Maude Warwick, and was born in

London Polytechnic
.

Ethel became an

James McNeill Whistler
.

Acting career

Despite training to become an artist, Warwick instead began to take part in acting lessons at Henry Neville’s acting school during the late 1890s, and in July 1900 she made her debut by starring in The Corsican Brothers as Emilie de L'Esparre at the Grande Theatre, in Fulham.[4]

Though still an artists model, Warwick continued to pose for many studies, photographs and portraits. During this time, she was most notably posing for Herbert Draper. However, on 24 March 1906, Warwick married Edmund Waller, and therefore discontinued her modelling.[2]

Edmund and Ethel had stage grandeur at the time of their marriage, and embarked on a worldwide tour together—in 1910 did they arrive at London. Whilst living at London they took management over the Queen's Theatre.[2]

A photograph of Warwick, ca. 1930

In 1915 Warwick and Waller divorced, which, upon Ethel’s extravagant lifestyle, caused her to go bankrupt in 1923. Warwick still acted after this, and was well-known at the New Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon.

Death

Ethel died in a Bognor Regis nursing home on 12 September 1951,[5] presumably due to lung cancer.[citation needed]

Selected filmography

Appearances in art

  • Ethel, a sketch by Herbert James Draper
    Ethel, a sketch by Herbert James Draper
  • Hydrangeas. Oil on Canvas by Philip Wilson Steer, ca. 1901[9]
    Hydrangeas. Oil on Canvas by Philip Wilson Steer, ca. 1901[9]
  • Study of Miss Ethel Warwick. Oil on canvas by John William Godward, ca. 1898
    Study of Miss Ethel Warwick. Oil on canvas by John William Godward, ca. 1898
  • Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa. Sketch by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, from 1900[10]
    Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa. Sketch by
    James Abbott McNeill Whistler, from 1900[10]
  • Study of Miss Ethel Warwick. Photograph by Linley Sambourne, ca. 1900
    Study of Miss Ethel Warwick. Photograph by
    Linley Sambourne
    , ca. 1900
  • Promotional photograph, ca. 1900
    Promotional photograph, ca. 1900

References

  1. ^ Low, p.279
  2. ^ a b c d "John William Godward- Study of a head in drapery, Miss Ethel Warwick". Sothebys. Retrieved 31 March 2019.
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  5. ^ "Obituary-Ethel Warwick- Actress of wide range". The Times. 13 September 1951. Gale Document Number: CS103238957. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Keepers of Youth (1932)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  7. ^ "Letting in the Sunshine (1933)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  8. ^ "The Man Outside (1933)". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on 31 March 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  9. ^ "Hydrangeas - Object Detail (PD.185-1975, id:3)". The Fitzwilliam Museum. 2012. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  10. ^ "Ethel Warwick asleep on a sofa-The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler". University of Glasgow. Retrieved 1 April 2019.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. The History of British Film The History of the British Film 1914 - 1918. Routledge, 2013.

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