Ethel Lavenu

Ethel Lavenu (born Eliza Lavenu in 1842 in Chelsea, Middlesex, England) was an actress and mother of the theatre and silent film actor Tyrone Power, Sr. and grandmother of the Hollywood film star Tyrone Power.

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1842 - Chelsea - Middlesex - England - Tyrone Power, Sr. - Hollywood - Tyrone Power

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Born in Chelsea, the third of six daughters of the cellist, composer, and music impresario Lewis Henry Lavenu by his wife Julia, daughter of Col. John Blossett, head of the British expedition to assist Simon Bolivar in the war of independence in Venezuela. Her father was often away on tour, and in 1855 left for Sydney leaving the family in London. In 1861 Ethel was living with her mother at 128, Long Acre, Covent Garden, she, her elder sister Ada, and younger sister Alice were all listed as Professional, and her youngest sister Bessie was also later to become an actress. She had more success than her sisters, by 1863 appearing in various plays at the Royal Lyceum Theatre, London (see below). In 1866 she married Harold Littledale Power, the youngest son of the Irish actor Tyrone Power. She had two sons George Arthur, born 1868, an actor, possibly known as Littledale Power who later appeared on Broadway, and Frederick Tyrone Edmond, known as Tyrone Power, Sr..

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Chelsea - Lewis Henry Lavenu - John Blossett - Simon Bolivar - Venezuela - 1855 - Sydney - London - 1861 - Covent Garden - 1863 - Royal - Lyceum Theatre - 1866 - Harold Littledale Power - Irish - Tyrone Power - 1868 - Littledale Power - Broadway - Tyrone Power, Sr.

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