Robert Loraine

Robert Loraine
Born
Robert Bilcliffe Loraine

14 January 1876
New Brighton, Liscard, Cheshire, England
Died23 December 1935(1935-12-23) (aged 59)
London, England
Occupation(s)actor
soldier
actor-manager
aviator
Years active1889–1935
Spouses
(m. 1897; div. 1901)
Winifred Lydia Strangman
(m. 1921)
AwardsDistinguished Service Order
Military Cross

Robert Bilcliffe Loraine DSO, MC (14 January 1876 – 23 December 1935) was a successful London and Broadway British stage actor, actor-manager, and soldier who later enjoyed a side career as a pioneer aviator. Born in New Brighton, his father was Henry Loraine and mother Edith Kingsley (born Mary Ellen Bayliss).[1] Robert made his first stage appearance in the English provinces in 1889, prior to serving in the Second Boer War. He introduced the George Bernard Shaw play Man and Superman to Broadway in 1905.[2][3]

  1. ^ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
  2. ^ "Robert Loraine – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  3. ^ The Oxford Companion to American Theatre 2nd edition by Gerald Bordman, c. 1992; by The Oxford University Press