Kate Bishop (actress)
Kate Bishop | |
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Born | Kate Alice Bishop 1847 Bristol, England |
Died | 12 June 1923 (aged 75) London, England |
Occupation | Actress |
Spouse | Lewis J. Löhr |
Children | Marie Lohr |
Kate Alice Bishop (1847 – 12 June 1923)[1] was an English actress, a member of a theatrical family. Her brother and daughter were also successful actors. She began her career in 1863 and soon was playing roles in Shakespeare and other classic plays. By 1869, she was in the West End performing in both drama and comedy, including originating several roles. Her greatest success was in Our Boys, which ran for more than four years in London. She continued to act in a variety of roles, including in Australia for several seasons in the 1880s. There, she married and temporarily retired from the theatre to raise her daughter, Marie Lohr. She returned to England to play and create character roles in the early years of the twentieth century.
Biography
Bishop was born in Lambeth into a theatrical family, the daughter of Thomas Bishop and his wife Charlotte, née Woulds. She began acting as a child in her mother's native Bristol in 1863.[2] Her brother Alfred also successfully entered the theatrical profession.[3] Their grandfather, James Woulds, shared with William Macready at one time the management of the historic theatre at Bath.[4]
Early career
As a teen Bishop was a member of Mr J. H. Chute's
In the West End she appeared in A Loving Cup at the Royalty Theatre in 1869,[8] and in 1871 at the Royal Court Theatre in a succession of three new comic plays by W. S. Gilbert, playing Edith Temple in Randall's Thumb,[9] Pipette in Creatures of Impulse,[10] and Jessie Blake in On Guard. Of her performance in the last, The Times commented, "The notion of the irresistible flirt is completely realized by Miss Kate Bishop."[11] Bishop played in About Town by Bertie Vyse in 1873[12] and Ruy Blas Righted and Romulus and Remus, both by Robert Reece, in 1874.[13][14] She then appeared as Ida in Hermann Vezin's production of David Garrick[6]
Our Boys and later career
Bishop's most famous stage role was Violet Melrose in
In 1898 Bishop returned to England
Personal life
In the late 1880s, Bishop married Lewis J. Löhr, treasurer of the
Bishop died in London, aged 75,[2] and is buried in Brompton Cemetery.[23]
References
- ^ a b c d e "Kate Bishop Dead", The Argus, 14 June 1923, p. 9
- ^ a b c d e The Times obituary notice, 13 June 1923, p. 14
- ^ The Times, 23 May 1928, p. 23
- ^ "Kate Bishop". Staffordshire Sentinel. 13 June 1923. p. 2.
- ^ "Women of the Day". South Wales Echo. 2 June 1896. p. 3.
- ^ a b c d e "Dramatic & Musical Notes", Launceston Examiner, 8 October 1892, p. 2
- ^ The Manchester Guardian, 24 August 1868, p. 2
- ^ The Times 10 February 1869, p. 7
- ^ The Times, 27 January 1871, p. 6
- ^ The Times, 19 April 1871, p. 8
- ^ The Times, 6 November 1871, p. 10
- ^ The Times, 16 May 1873, p. 7
- ^ The Times, 7 January 1874, p. 8
- ^ Picture History Archived 2011-07-15 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 May 2009
- ^ Booth, Michael R. Review of plays by H. J. Byron including Our Boys in The Modern Language Review, Vol. 82, No. 3, pp. 716-17 (July 1987; Modern Humanities Research Association)
- ^ The Times, 21 April 1879, p. 12
- ^ "Another Man's Wife". The Era. 2 June 1900. p. 11.
- ^ The Times, 27 December 1900, p. 8
- ^ The Observer, 6 September 1908, p. 5
- ^ "Kate Bishop", About the Artists. Retrieved 2 November 2023
- ^ The Manchester Guardian, 13 June 1923, p. 15
- ^ Gillan, Don. Lohr at the Stage Beauty website. Retrieved 2 November 2023
- ^ "Miss Kate Bishop". The Pall Mall Gazette. 15 June 1923. p. 2.