Marie Löhr (Lohr)
(1890-1975), Actress-producer and Manager of the Globe Theatre; former wife of Anthony Leyland Val PrinsepMarie Kaye Wouldes Löhr (Lohr)
Sitter in 36 portraits
Born in Sydney, Australia, Löhr made her stage debut aged four in The World Against Her in Sydney. Her London debut was made in 1901 in Shockheaded Peter at the Garrick Theatre. Löhr's many stage successes included lead roles in J.M. Barrie's Peter Pan (1927) and Dodie Smith's Call it a Day (1935). In 1959 she appeared in John Osborne's The World of Paul Slickley. Löhr's film appearances included critically acclaimed performances in George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion (1938) and Major Barbara (1941).
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1901
NPG x45292
by H. Walter Barnett
vintage bromide print, 1901
NPG x45293
by The Dover Street Studios Ltd
bromide press print, late 1900s
NPG x198313
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8729
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8730
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8731
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8732
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8733
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8737
Cast members in 'The School for Scandal'
by Daily Mirror, published by J. Beagles & Co
postcard print, 1909
NPG x8740
by The Dover Street Studios Ltd
bromide print, early 1910s
NPG x197902
Marie Löhr (Lohr), Phyllis Neilson-Terry and Pauline Chase in 'The Amazons'
by Foulsham & Banfield, published by Rotary Photographic Co Ltd
postcard print, 1912
NPG x197872
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1914
NPG x83152
by Bassano Ltd
bromide print, 1915
NPG x83153
Marie Löhr (Lohr) as the Comtesse de Candale in 'A Marriage of Convenience'
by Howard Instead
bromide print, 1920
NPG Ax24971
by Claude Harris
vintage bromide print, 1920s
NPG x9082
by Sasha (Alexander Stewart)
bromide print, 21 February 1929
NPG x28351
by Cecil Beaton
bromide print on white card mount, 1940s
NPG x14135
Marie Löhr (Lohr) as Mrs Maddox in 'Little Big Shot'
by (Ernest) Cyril Stanborough
bromide print, 1952
NPG x139851
by Anthony Buckley
modern bromide print from original negative, 1958
NPG x76214
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