James Carew
Actor, Film actor
1876 – 1938
Who was James Carew?
James Carew was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in Chicago in 1897 in Damon and Pythias.
In 1905, Carew moved to England, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London, later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry, one of the best-known and noted British actresses of the day. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years his senior. The couple divorced in 1910.
Carew made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.
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- Born
- Feb 5, 1876
Goshen - Spouses
- Ellen Terry
(1907/03 - 1910)
- Ellen Terry
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 4, 1938
London
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on July 23, 2013
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