Ethel Irving | |
Birth Date: | 5 September 1869 |
Birth Place: | London, United Kingdom |
Death Place: | Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex United Kingdom |
Occupation: | Actress |
Birthname: | Frances Emily Irving |
Ethel Irving (born Frances Emily Irving; 1869–1963) was a British stage actress.[1] She also appeared in five films.
Frances Emily Irving was born in England on 5 September 1869, the daughter of stage actor Joseph Irving (died 1870)[2] and the wife of actor Gilbert Porteous (died 1928).[3]
She was initially billed as Birdie Irving, appearing in London productions such as the 1885 pantomime A Frog He Would a Wooing Go and the burlesque The Vicar of Wideawakefield.[2] [4]
She died in Bexhill-on-Sea on 3 May 1963.[2] [5]