The Actress
1928A theatrical troupe from the west end of London loses its leading lady when she goes off to marry a rich young man from the other side of town. The rest of the play deals with the budding romance and trials and tribulations of their love, as well as the changing face of late-19th-century theatre.
Acted in
Norma Shearer
as Rose Trelawny
Owen Moore
as Tom Wrench
Gwen Lee
as Avonia
Lee Moran
as Colpoys
Roy D'Arcy
as Gadd
Virginia Pearson
as Mrs. Telfer
William Humphrey
as Mr. Telfer
Effie Ellsler
as Mrs. Mossop
Ralph Forbes
as Arthur Gower
O. P. Heggie
as Vice-Chancellor Sir William Gower
Andrée Tourneur
as Clara de Foenix
Cyril Chadwick
as Capt. de Foenix
Margaret Seddon
as Miss Trafalgar Gower