Nina Sevening

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

Background

She was born Nina Gladys Sevening in 1885, Westminster, London. Her parents were H W Sevening a German-born commerical clerk and his English wife Gertrude. She was educated in London and Paris. She had a sister called Dora.

Career

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

She appeared in My Innocent Boy at The Royalty 1898, Florodora at the Lyric Theatre 1899, The Silver Slipper at the Lyric Theatre 1901, A Country Girl at Daly's Theatre 1902, The Cingalee at Daly's Theatre 1904, The Little Michus at Daly's Theatre 1905, The Merveilleuses at Daly's Theatre 1906, The Geisha at Daly's Theatre 1906, The Merry Widow at Daly's Theatre 1907, Susannah And Some Others at the Royalty Theater1908, Marjory Strode at The Playhouse 1908, Mid Channel at St James Thatre 1909, The Great Mrs. Alloway at the Globe Theater 1909, Mid Channel at the Empire New York Thater 1910, A Woman's Way, Comedy Thater 1910, Grace at the Duke Of Yorks Theatre 1910, Passers By at Wyndhams Theatre 1911, What Every Woman Knows at the Duke Of York Theatre 1911, Mind The Paint Girl at the Duke Of York Theatre 1912, the Perplexed Husband at the Empire New York Thater 1912, Peter Pan at the Duke Of York Theatre 1913, The Clever One's at the Wyndham Theatre 1914, Caroline at the New Theatre 1916 and finally Trelawney of the Wells at the New Theatre 1917.

In 1903, Sevening toured in Three Little Maids. In 1905 she toured in Lady Madcap.

She married Victor Charles Hamilton Longstaffe. She retired from the stage in 1917.

References

Persondata
Name	Sevening, Nina
Alternative names
Short description	Actress
Date of birth	1885
Place of birth	1958
Date of death	Westminster, London
Place of death