Evelyn D'Alroy (1881–1915, ''née'' Evelyn May Tegg, and on marriage Evelyn Watson), was an Edwardian English stage actress of considerable renown. She took to the stage in 1899, and made her London debut as the Duchesse de Longueville in a period piece, ''The Bond of Ninon'' by Clotilde Graves, at the

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in April 1906. Her first considerable success was as Mrs. Cray in “The Builders” by Norah Keith at the Criterion on 10 November 1908. She then joined the '' Lewis Waller Players'' and regularly worked at London's Lyric Theatre. In September 1909 she was taken on by Sir

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. Her favourite role to play was reputedly

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. Portraits of Evelyn in various theatrical productions are held by the National Portrait Gallery. In April 1915 while on tour she was taken ill suddenly in

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with

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. She was operated on at the hospital, and her appendix removed, and taken to a nursing home to recover, but died three days later of pneumonia with her husband—theatre critic

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—at her side.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:D'Alroy, Evelyn 1881 births 1915 deaths British actors