Gwynne Herbert(1859-1946)

Gwynne Herbert born around the mid 1860s in London. Became a popular theatre performer from the 1880s, perhaps best known show was in 'Curtain Raiser' in 1897. Wonderful lady who appeared in over sixty British silent movies, often seen playing mothers, landladies and often seen as sophisticated ladies in drama and comedies, making her film debut in 'Lil O'London' for the London Film Company in 1914 then followed by the Hepworth Film Company. She retired from the movie business after 'The World of Wonderful Reality' in 1924 to run her own florist in London.