British-Canadian actress who used the stage name 'Olive de Wilton'.
Biography based on information provided by Red Deer Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who hold photos, documents and other material relating to Edith, her family and life:
Edith Doreen de Wilton was born in Medstead, Hampshire, England, on 25th March 1898 to Sussex Gerald de Wilton, (1869-1939) and Edith Juliette Hughenden-Holloway (1871-1955).
Just after her seventeenth birthday, Edith married Herbert Warren Cluff of Hardisty, Alberta, but the marriage was short-lived.
In the summer of 1915, she left Alberta and took the stage name Olive de Wilton and joined several touring companies which played in Eastern Canada and in New York State.
She was in a relationship with actor William Henry Pratt (Boris Karloff) from 1915 to 1919. They were not able to make the marriage "legal' because of the de Wilton's marriage.
In 1919, she returned to England and became a minor player and business manager with several acting companies.
By 1925, Olive had married fellow actor Richard Meadows-White (1901-1973) and they had one child: Rosalind Edith Charlotte Meadows-White (1929-?).
They founded the Northern Repertory Theatre (1925-1929), which collapsed after the couple separated.
Between 1939 and 1951, Olive moved between Canada and England to teach drama as well as to direct and act in several plays.
In 1952 Olive moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she was involved in Montreal Repertory Theatre, acted on local English radio and television, and wrote for the National Film Board.
By 1966, Olive had taken up residence in Lacombe, Alberta. She died in 1968 in Lacombe and is buried in the local cemetery.
Biography based on information provided by Red Deer Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who hold photos, documents and other material relating to Edith, her family and life:
Edith Doreen de Wilton was born in Medstead, Hampshire, England, on 25th March 1898 to Sussex Gerald de Wilton, (1869-1939) and Edith Juliette Hughenden-Holloway (1871-1955).
Just after her seventeenth birthday, Edith married Herbert Warren Cluff of Hardisty, Alberta, but the marriage was short-lived.
In the summer of 1915, she left Alberta and took the stage name Olive de Wilton and joined several touring companies which played in Eastern Canada and in New York State.
She was in a relationship with actor William Henry Pratt (Boris Karloff) from 1915 to 1919. They were not able to make the marriage "legal' because of the de Wilton's marriage.
In 1919, she returned to England and became a minor player and business manager with several acting companies.
By 1925, Olive had married fellow actor Richard Meadows-White (1901-1973) and they had one child: Rosalind Edith Charlotte Meadows-White (1929-?).
They founded the Northern Repertory Theatre (1925-1929), which collapsed after the couple separated.
Between 1939 and 1951, Olive moved between Canada and England to teach drama as well as to direct and act in several plays.
In 1952 Olive moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she was involved in Montreal Repertory Theatre, acted on local English radio and television, and wrote for the National Film Board.
By 1966, Olive had taken up residence in Lacombe, Alberta. She died in 1968 in Lacombe and is buried in the local cemetery.
British-Canadian actress who used the stage name 'Olive de Wilton'.
Biography based on information provided by Red Deer Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who hold photos, documents and other material relating to Edith, her family and life:
Edith Doreen de Wilton was born in Medstead, Hampshire, England, on 25th March 1898 to Sussex Gerald de Wilton, (1869-1939) and Edith Juliette Hughenden-Holloway (1871-1955).
Just after her seventeenth birthday, Edith married Herbert Warren Cluff of Hardisty, Alberta, but the marriage was short-lived.
In the summer of 1915, she left Alberta and took the stage name Olive de Wilton and joined several touring companies which played in Eastern Canada and in New York State.
She was in a relationship with actor William Henry Pratt (Boris Karloff) from 1915 to 1919. They were not able to make the marriage "legal' because of the de Wilton's marriage.
In 1919, she returned to England and became a minor player and business manager with several acting companies.
By 1925, Olive had married fellow actor Richard Meadows-White (1901-1973) and they had one child: Rosalind Edith Charlotte Meadows-White (1929-?).
They founded the Northern Repertory Theatre (1925-1929), which collapsed after the couple separated.
Between 1939 and 1951, Olive moved between Canada and England to teach drama as well as to direct and act in several plays.
In 1952 Olive moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she was involved in Montreal Repertory Theatre, acted on local English radio and television, and wrote for the National Film Board.
By 1966, Olive had taken up residence in Lacombe, Alberta. She died in 1968 in Lacombe and is buried in the local cemetery.
Biography based on information provided by Red Deer Archives, Red Deer, Alberta, Canada, who hold photos, documents and other material relating to Edith, her family and life:
Edith Doreen de Wilton was born in Medstead, Hampshire, England, on 25th March 1898 to Sussex Gerald de Wilton, (1869-1939) and Edith Juliette Hughenden-Holloway (1871-1955).
Just after her seventeenth birthday, Edith married Herbert Warren Cluff of Hardisty, Alberta, but the marriage was short-lived.
In the summer of 1915, she left Alberta and took the stage name Olive de Wilton and joined several touring companies which played in Eastern Canada and in New York State.
She was in a relationship with actor William Henry Pratt (Boris Karloff) from 1915 to 1919. They were not able to make the marriage "legal' because of the de Wilton's marriage.
In 1919, she returned to England and became a minor player and business manager with several acting companies.
By 1925, Olive had married fellow actor Richard Meadows-White (1901-1973) and they had one child: Rosalind Edith Charlotte Meadows-White (1929-?).
They founded the Northern Repertory Theatre (1925-1929), which collapsed after the couple separated.
Between 1939 and 1951, Olive moved between Canada and England to teach drama as well as to direct and act in several plays.
In 1952 Olive moved to Montreal, Quebec, where she was involved in Montreal Repertory Theatre, acted on local English radio and television, and wrote for the National Film Board.
By 1966, Olive had taken up residence in Lacombe, Alberta. She died in 1968 in Lacombe and is buried in the local cemetery.
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