Lillah McCarthy
(1875-1960), ActressSitter in 51 portraits
Actress and theatre manager. Lillah McCarthy made her debut on the London stage in 1895 and found instant success. She joined the leading actor and playwright, Wilson Barrett, at the Lyric Theatre the next year, followed by a tour of Australia. Upon her return in 1900, she became the leading lady in Quo Vadis?, The Sign of the Cross, Hamlet, and Othello. In 1906, McCarthy married the actor and theatre director, Harley Granville-Barker, who she had met while playing his opposite in Man and Superman. She appeared in his historic Shakespeare productions at the Savoy Theatre (1912-14) after she had herself assumed the management of the nearby Little Theatre in 1911.
by James Craig Annan
sepia platinum print on photographer's card mount, 1900s
NPG P1040
by Ambrose McEvoy
oil on canvas, 1919
NPG 5506
Lillah McCarthy as Lady Macbeth in 'Macbeth'
by Unknown photographer
albumen print mounted on page, 1895
NPG x128110
by The Biograph Studio, published by Rapid Photo Co
bromide postcard print, 1900s
NPG x138969
possibly by Alvin Langdon Coburn
sepia gum platinum print on mount, early 1900s
NPG x126447
by W. & D. Downey, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1904
NPG x193279
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x201165
Lillah McCarthy; Louis Calvert
by Alfred Ellis & Walery, published by J. Beagles & Co
matte bromide postcard print, circa 1905
NPG x160526
Lillah McCarthy as Jennifer Dubedat in 'The Doctor's Dilemma'
by Foulsham & Banfield
cream-toned bromide print on photographer's mount, 1906
NPG x128079
by W. & D. Downey, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, circa 1906
NPG x17121
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101009
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101010
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101011
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101012
Lillah McCarthy as Raina in George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101013
Lillah McCarthy as Raina in George Bernard Shaw's 'Arms and the Man'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101014
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, December 1907
NPG x101015
Lillah McCarthy in 'The Tragedy of Nan'
by Daily Mirror
bromide press print, 1908
NPG x128077
Lillah McCarthy; Sir Godfrey Seymour Tearle in 'The Sentimentalists'
by E.O. Hoppé
matte bromide print on photographer's card mount, 1910
NPG x128123
by Bassano Ltd, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1910s
NPG x193900
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