Ellen Pollock

Ellen Pollock (29 Juni 1902 – 29 Maret 1997) adalah seorang aktris berkarakter Inggris, yang sebagian besar tampil di panggung di West End London. Dia juga muncul di beberapa film dan produksi TV. Seorang pemuja Bernard Shaw, dia adalah presiden Shaw Society dari tahun 1949. Dalam obituari mereka, Independent menulis "Pollock diyakini telah memainkan, dalam karir selama 72 tahun, lebih banyak pahlawan wanita Shavian daripada siapa pun. Dia mengarahkan drama-dramanya musim-musim di London; dan pada pemutaran perdana salah satu karyanya yang kurang terkenal di London – Farfetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) – dia mengumumkan kematian Shaw dari panggung." Dedikasi Pollock pada akting dimulai saat berusia tujuh tahun, ketika dia melihat Sarah Bernhardt di atas panggung; dia kemudian tahu bahwa dia sendiri ingin menjadi seorang aktris. Pollock juga seorang sutradara teater dan guru drama di RADA dan Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; dan berbagai karya televisinya termasuk beberapa penampilan di The Forsyte Saga untuk BBC. Dia hidup lebih lama dari kedua suaminya, Kapten Leslie Hancock dan artis James Proudfoot. Dia memiliki satu anak dengan Kapten Hancock. Pollock menjadi subjek acara TV This Is Your Life pada tahun 1992. Ibu Ellen Pollock, Hedwig Kahn, adalah saudara perempuan Otto Hermann Kahn (bankir investasi kaya, kolektor, dermawan, dan pelindung seni) dan komposer Robert Kahn. (Dari Wikipedia, ensiklopedia gratis)

Ellen Pollock (29 June 1902 – 29 March 1997) was a British character actress, mainly appeared on stage in London's West End. She also appeared in several films and TV productions. A devotee of Bernard Shaw, she was president of the Shaw Society from 1949. In their obituary, the Independent wrote "Pollock is believed to have played, in a career spanning 72 years, more Shavian heroines than anyone else. She directed London seasons of his plays; and it was during the London premiere of one of his lesser-known works – Farfetched Fables (Watergate, 1950) – that she announced Shaw's death from the stage." Pollock's dedication to acting began as a seven-year-old, when she saw Sarah Bernhardt on stage; she knew then that she wanted to be an actress herself. Pollock was also a theatre director and a teacher of drama at RADA and Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art; and her varied television work included several appearances in The Forsyte Saga for the BBC. She outlived both husbands, Captain Leslie Hancock and the artist James Proudfoot. She had one child with Captain Hancock. Pollock was the subject of TV's This Is Your Life in 1992. Ellen Pollock's mother, Hedwig Kahn, was the sister of Otto Hermann Kahn (wealthy investment banker, collector, philanthropist, and patron of the arts) and composer Robert Kahn. (From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)