Dorothea Baird

Dorothea Baird
Dorothea Baird in the title role of the original production of Trilby
Born	Dorothea Forster Baird 20 May 1875(1875-05-20) Teddington, England
Died	24 September 1933(1933-09-24) (aged 58) Broadstairs, England
Spouse	H. B. Irving (1896–1919)

Dorothea Baird (20 May 1875 – 24 September 1933) was an English stage and motion pictures actress, and the daughter of Sir John Forster Baird, a prominent English barrister-at-law.

Career

Her first stage appearance was with the Oxford University Dramatic Society in February 1894, when she played Iris in The Tempest. She went on to appear in a number of distinguished Shakespeare plays with her husband, H. B. Irving. She portrayed Mrs. Darling in the original 1904 production of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up. In 1913 she retired from the stage and involved herself in charitable causes, especially with infant welfare. She and her husband HB had two children, Laurence Irving (1897–1988) and Elizabeth Irving (1904–2003)

Sources

• "Dorothea Baird". Stars of the Edwardian Stage. http://www.dgillan.screaming.net/stage/th-frames.html?http&&&www.dgillan.screaming.net/stage/baird/baird-d2.html. Retrieved 6 November 2006. 

External links

• Dorothea Baird at the Internet Broadway Database
• Dorothea Baird at the Internet Movie Database