Renée Mayer
(1900-1969), Child actress and dancerSitter in 19 portraits
Child actress and dancer; made her stage debut in 1910 as the Pearl Fairy in The Goldfish, but is most noted for her performances as Puck in three revivals of Sleeping Beauty (1912, 1913 and 1914). Acting in pantomimes throughout her teenage years, she also made several appearances in films during her early twenties, including A Bachelor Husband (1920).
Renée Mayer as Hop; Barry Lupino as Smilo and Ernest Langford as Datas in 'Hop O' My Thumb'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1911
NPG Ax160114
Renée Mayer as Hop in 'Hop O' My Thumb'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1911
NPG Ax160116
Renée Mayer as Puck in 'The Sleeping Beauty Re-awakened'
by W. & D. Downey
albumen cabinet card, circa 1911
NPG x193198
Renée Mayer as Puck and George Graves as Duke of Monte Blanco in 'The Sleeping Beauty Re-awakened'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
bromide postcard print, 1913
NPG Ax160115
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1915
NPG x83264
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1915
NPG x83265
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101020
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101021
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101022
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101023
Renée Mayer as Puck in 'The Sleeping Beauty Beautified'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101024
Renée Mayer as Puck in 'The Sleeping Beauty Beautified'
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 11 January 1915
NPG x101025
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1916
NPG x83266
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101026
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101027
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101028
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101029
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101041
by Bassano Ltd
whole-plate glass negative, 5 September 1916
NPG x101042
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