Nina Sevening

Nina Sevening as Miss Powerscourt in A Country Girl, 1902[1]

Nina Sevening (1885 – 1958) was an English stage actress, singer and light comedian.

Background

She was born Nina Gladys Sevening in 1885, Westminster, London. Her parents were H W Sevening a German-born commercial clerk and his English wife Gertrude. She was educated in London and Paris. She had an elder sister Dora (b. 1883), also an actress.[2][3]

Career

Nina Sevening first appeared on stage in December 1894 in The House That Jack Built at the Opera Comique.

She appeared in

In 1903, Sevening toured in Three Little Maids. In 1905 she played the title role in Lady Madcap.[18]

She married Victor Charles Hamilton Longstaffe and changed her last name after him.[1] She retired from the stage in 1917.

There is a memorial to their only son, David John Longstaffe, in Aldeburgh Parish Church in Suffolk, England. David died on 16 September 1945 in Athens, where he was a Captain in the King's Royal Rifle Corps.[19][20]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Nina Longstaffe (née Sevening) as Miss Powerscourt in 'A Country Girl'. npg.org.uk
  2. Wearing, pp. 448, 676
  3. Nina Sevening (c.1885-1958). stagebeauty.net
  4. Andrew Lamb (2002). Leslie Stuart: Composer of Florodora. Psychology Press. pp. 86–. ISBN 978-0-415-93747-4.
  5. Wearing, p. 60
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  11. David Slattery-Christy (2008). Anything But Merry!: The life and times of Lily Elsie. Author House. pp. 254–. ISBN 978-1-4817-7542-7.
  12. Wearing, p. 391
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  16. Bruce K. Hanson (2011). Peter Pan on Stage and Screen, 1904-2010, 2d ed. McFarland. pp. 339–. ISBN 978-0-7864-8619-9.
  17. Wearing, p. 500
  18. Wearing, p. 212
  19. Capt David John Longstaffe. findagrave.com
  20. David John Longstaffe grave monument. gravestonephotos.com

Bibliography


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