Actress
Niece of actor Alfred Bishop.
Began and ended her career as a stage actress with plays by George Bernard Shaw. At 18 she appeared at the invitation of Shaw in his play "Getting Married", which made her a star, and her last appearance was in the Shavian revival of "Man and Superman".
In 1918, with then-husband Anthony Prinsep, she took over the management of the Globe Theatre until their divorce in the late 20s.
Daughter of a former treasurer of the Melbourne Opera House, Marie Lohr made her debut on stage at the Criterion Theatre in Sydney in 1894, aged three. During her lengthy career, she became one of the most respected and prolific actresses of the British stage - both in comic and dramatic roles - much noted for her wit. She also toured Canada and the U.S. during the 1920s. Her screen appearances, beginning in 1916, were by necessity fewer. From the 1940s, she often played harridans, dowagers and formidable characters to be reckoned with.
