Millard, Evelyn (1869–1941).

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Millard, Evelyn (1869–1941).

English actress and manager. Name variations: Mrs. Coulter. Born Sept 18, 1869, in Kensington, England; died Mar 9, 1941; dau. of John Millard (teacher of elocution); m. Robert Porter Coulter; children: Ursula Millard (actress).

Made stage debut in London as a walk-on in The Dancing Girl (1891), followed by The Trumpet Call, The Masqueraders, Sowing the Wind, The Second Mrs. Tanqueray and Liberty Hall, among others; came to prominence as Princess Flavia in The Prisoner of Zenda (1896); other plays include The Adventure of Lady Ursula (title role), The Christian, Madame Butterfly (as Cho-Cho-San), Paolo and Francesca, The Unforeseen, His Majesty's Servant, Romeo and Juliet (as Juliet), and Othello (as Desdemona); managed and appeared at the Garrick (1908–09).

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