Ivy Millais (25 December 1883 – 29 July 1969) was a British film and stage actress of the early 20th-century. She had a notable career in

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. She was born in

Mile End Mile End is an area in London, England and is located in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. It is in East London and part of the East End of London, East End. It is east of Charing Cross. Situated on the part of the London-to-Colchester road ...

in London in 1883 as Isabel Katherine Malenoir, the second of four children of Katharine and Samuel Richard Malenoir, a fish salesman. Her stage roles included: Stephanus in '' The Sign of the Cross'' (1903-04), and '' The Prince and the Beggar Maid'' (1908-09), both at the

Grand Theatre, Southampton The Grand Theatre was a playhouse in Southampton in Hampshire, England from 1898 until it was demolished in 1960. Millais appeared in various films in the

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, including: Oliver Twist in ''

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'' (1912); Mate in ''

The Cloister and the Hearth ''The Cloister and the Hearth'' (1861) is an historical novel by the British author Charles Reade. Set in the 15th century, it relates the travels of a young scribe and illuminator, Gerard Eliassoen, through several European countries. ''The C ...

'' (1913); Ethel Loder in '' The Recalling of John Grey'' (1915); Mary Ashford in '' The Bottle'' (1915) opposite

Albert Chevalier Albert Chevalier (often listed as Albert Onésime Britannicus Gwathveoyd Louis Chevalier; 21 March 186110 July 1923) was an English music hall comedian, singer and musical theatre actor. He specialised in cockney related humour based on life as ...

as her husband; Sarah in '' Trelawney of the Wells'' (1916); Jane Peach in '' Comin' Thro' the Rye'' (1916), and Liza, The Grain of Sand in ''

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and

Chrissie White Chrissie White (23 May 1895 – 18 August 1989) was a British film actress of the silent era. She appeared in more than 180 films between 1908 and 1933. White married actor and film director Henry Edwards in 1922, and in the 1920s the two ...

.Ivy Millais

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(BFI) database She was married to the surveyor Verney Charles Hannam Warren (1885-1963) from 1914Isabel Katherine Malenoir in the Surrey, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1937 to his death. Ivy Millais died in 1969 in

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Millais, Ivy 1883 births 1969 deaths British child actresses English silent film actresses Actresses from London 20th-century English actresses People from Mile End Actors from the London Borough of Tower Hamlets