Ethel Lavenu
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Ethel Lavenu | |
|---|---|
 Lavenu in The Duke's Motto, performed at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London in 1863 | |
| Born | Eliza Lavenu March 1842 |
| Died | 14 August 1917 (aged 75) |
| Spouse | Harold Littledale Power |
| Children | George Arthur Frederick Tyrone Edmond |
| Parents |
|
| Relatives | Col. John Blossett (maternal grandfather) Tyrone Power (grandson) |
Ethel Lavenu (born Eliza Lavenu; 1842 – 14 August 1917) was a British stage actress. She was the mother of stage and silent film actor Tyrone Power Sr., and the grandmother of the Hollywood film star Tyrone Power.[1]
Born in March 1842 in Chelsea, the third of six daughters of the cellist, composer, and music impresario Lewis Henry Lavenu by his wife Julia, daughter of Col. John Blossett, head of the British expedition to assist Simon Bolivar in the war of independence in Venezuela. Her father was often away on tour, and in 1855 left for Sydney leaving the family in London.
