Eva Carrington
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Carrington was born Evelyn Victoria Ann Chandler in London, the daughter of Anglo-Irish Walter Robert Chandler, a messenger and hall porter at the Walsingham House Hotel, Piccadilly, sometime orderly room clerk to Colonel Fred Burnaby. Her mother, Louisa, was a theatre attendant. By 1891, the family were using "Carrington" as their surname.[1][4][5] Her sister, Gladys Winifred Carrington Chandler, married Royal Air Force Flight Lieutenant Christopher Humphrey Tancred (1888–1972), grandson of Sir Thomas Tancred, 7th Baronet, a philanthropist and early colonist of Canterbury, New Zealand; their son was the actor Anthony Tancred (1930–1995).[6]
Carrington was a model for the artist James Whistler between 1898 and 1902. She posed for a number of Whistler's paintings and drawings, including A dancing woman in a pink robe, seen from the back,[7] The Tambourine,[8] Eva and Gladys Carrington seated on a sofa,[9] and The Bead Stringers.[10][11][12]
Stage career
She became a renowned actress during the Edwardian period. A famous role was as one of the Gibson Girls in the British theatre performance of The Catch of the Season.[13]