Athene SEYLER

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Athene

Seyler

1889 - 1990

Athene

Seyler

, Actress and silent movie star. National Portrait Gallery has photographs of her with her daughter Jane Ann from the 1920s. taken from the NPG website "Encouraged by Sir Henry Irving to become an actress, Seyler made her professional debut as Pamela Grey in The Truants (1909). In the early 1920s she attracted attention in the Restoration revivals mounted by Sir Nigel Playfair at the Lyric, Hammersmith. She joined the Old Vic Company in 1933 where her roles included Mistress Overdone in Measure for Measure, Mrs Frail in Love for Love and Lady Bracknell in The Importance of Being Earnest."

Born: Hackney, London, , , England 31st May 1889	Baptised:
Died: London, , , England 11th Sep 1990	Buried:
Family: Seyler

Ancestors

1. Athene Seyler ( Sterndale Bennett ) 1889 - 1990	2. Clarence Heinrici Seyler ( Thies ) 1841 - 1906	4. Philip Ewald Seyler ( Wallace ) 1813 - 1884
		5. Juliana/Julia Wallace ( Seyler ) 1820 - 1883
	3. Clara Thies ( Seyler ) 1844 - 1925	6. John Thies ( ? ) 1806 - ante 1861
		7. Sarah ? ( Thies ) 1807 - post 1861

Siblings

(

) 1866 - 1959
2.

1868 - 1874
3.

* 1869
4.

* 1870
5.

* 1871
6.

(

) * 1872
7.

* 1879
8.

(

) 1881 - 1930

Spouses

1. London, , , England 1914
James B.
Sterndale Bennett
(
Seyler
) 1889 - 1941

Descendants

[ Options ]

a. James B. Sterndale Bennett ( Seyler ) 1889 - 1941 1. Jane Ann Sterndale Bennett * c. 1915

Sources

Family Archivists: see
Seyler

Census

1901 census (lodger - Coombe Hill, East Grinstead, Surrey, , ENgland)
1911 census (daughter -
No address
)

Timeline

31st May 1889	Born (birth) London, England
1901	Lodger in 1901 census (census) East Grinstead, Surrey, ENgland
1911	Daughter in 1911 census (census) London, England
1911	UNMAR/ROLE INDI
1914	Married James B. Sterndale Bennett ( Seyler ) 1889 - 1941 (marriage) London, England
11th Sep 1990	Died (death) London, England

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