Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
(1891-1992), Actress, theatre producer and directorDame Gwen Lucy Ffrangcon-Davies
Sitter in 18 portraits
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies made her stage debut in 1911 as a fairy in A Midsummer Night's Dream. In 1924, she first played Juliet to Sir John Gielgud's Romeo, starting a stage partnership that was to last for almost half a century. In 1938, she appeared with Ivor Novello in a production of Henry V at Drury Lane. In the same year, she appeared as Mrs Manningham in the first production of Gas Light by Patrick Hamilton. Ffrangcon-Davies was a founder member of the Royal Shakespeare Company, which she joined for its first London season in 1961. She retired from the stage in 1970, but continued to appear on radio and television. Her films include The Witches (1966) and The Devil Rides Out (1968).
Carol Goodner; Dame Peggy Ashcroft; Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies
by Angus McBean
bromide print, 1938
NPG P928
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 27 June 1928
NPG x132001
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 27 June 1928
NPG x132002
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 27 June 1928
NPG x132003
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 27 June 1928
NPG x132004
by Yvonne Gregory
half-plate glass negative, 27 June 1928
NPG x132005
by Yvonne Gregory
bromide postcard print, 1930s
NPG x198099
by Yvonne Gregory
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 March 1932
NPG x193467
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as Anne of Bohemia in 'Richard of Bordeaux'
by Yvonne Gregory
bromide postcard print, 1933
NPG x198100
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as 'Mary Queen of Scots'
by Yvonne Gregory
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 20 June 1934
NPG x193462
Gwen Ffrangcon-Davies as 'Chorus' in 'Henry V'
by Angus McBean
bromide press print, 1938
NPG x194428
by Lucinda Douglas-Menzies
bromide fibre print, 1990
NPG x35162
by Nicholas Sinclair
platinum print, 1991
NPG x38420
by Angus McBean
halftone reproduction tear sheet, published 23 February 1949
NPG x193346
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