Lillian Wheeler ( 1880 – 11 November 1905) was an Australian actor.
Career
Born in
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, Victoria, Lillian Wheeler began her stage career in 1896,
after studying at Parkvillle College, Melbourne. She performed in
Bland Holt
Bland Holt (born Joseph Thomas Holt, (24 March 1851 – 28 June 1942)Dennis Shoesmith,, Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 4, MUP, 1972, pp 413-414. Accessed 1 August 2009 was a comedian and theatrical producer, active in Australia.
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’s company, and then alongside
George Rignold
George Richard Rignold, born George Richard Rignall, (1839 – 16 December 1912) was an English-born actor, active in Britain and Australia.
Early life
Rignold was born in Birmingham, England. He was the son of William Rignall, an actor and th ...
in leading roles in Australia,
and was part of Rignold's company. She moved to London, England in 1901 and performed in an adaption of Sherlock Holmes that toured England and was to tour America in 1903.
She played the leading role of Madge Larrabee.
In England, Wheeler married actor Ernest Mainwaring in 1904.
After Mr Mainwaring was performing in the United States of America, Lillian Wheeler left England to join him but caught
pneumonia
Pneumonia is an inflammatory condition of the lung primarily affecting the small air sacs known as alveoli. Symptoms typically include some combination of productive or dry cough, chest pain, fever, and difficulty breathing. The severi ...
while in New York. She died in November 1905. Her remains were transferred to England.
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Australian stage actresses
1880 births
1905 deaths
19th-century Australian actresses
20th-century Australian actresses
People from Castlemaine, Victoria
Actresses from Victoria (state)
Date of birth missing