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Picture No 10982490
Date 1907
Description Lena Ashwell
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Lena Ashwell, OBE(28 September 1872–13 March 1957), British actress and actor-manager, known as the first to organize large-scale entertainment for troops at the front, which she did during World War I. She was also heavily involved in supporting the Three Arts Women's Employment Fund (also supported by Elizabeth Asquith) and helped to stage productions to raise funds. Pictured here in 1907 at the height of her fame as an actress on the London stage.
Source Photograph by Reginald Haines in Lady's Realm, 1907
Credit Mary Evans Picture Library
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