- Married Irish writer/playwright Dion Boucicault Jr..
- She was awarded the DBE (Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire) in the 1941 King's New Year Honours List for her services to drama.
- Younger sister of actress Violet Vanbrugh.
- Aunt of Prudence Vanbrugh.
- Ex-sister-in-law of Arthur Bourchier.
- Distinguished theatrical actress, on stage from August 1888. Her father was the Dean of Exeter. A star of the West End, Vanbrugh came to be regarded as one of Britain's foremost dramatic performers in plays by Ibsen and playwrights Arthur Wing Pinero and J.M. Barrie, both of whom she was able to count among her friends.
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