Lena Ashwell

Lena Ashwell, Lady Simson OBE
Born	Lena Margaret Pocock (1872-09-28)28 September 1872 HMS Wellesley River Tyne, North Shields, U.K.
Died	13 March 1957(1957-03-13) (aged 84)
Resting place	Dean Cemetery
Nationality	British
Education	Royal Academy of Music
Occupation	Actress
Spouses	Arthur Playfair ​ ​ (m. 1896; div. 1908)​ Sir Henry Simson ​ ​ (m. 1908; died 1932)​

Lena Margaret Ashwell, Lady Simson OBE (née Pocock; 28 September 1872 – 13 March 1957) was a British actress and theatre manager and producer, known as the first to organise large-scale entertainment for troops at the front, which she did during World War I. After the war she created the Lena Ashwell Players.