Alma Murray

Alma Murray

Alma Murray (1854-1945) was an English actress, born in London, the daughter of an actor, Leigh Murray. Her father's real surname was 'Wilson'. His brother was Gaston Murray (real name Gaston Parker Wilson) whose daughters often used the double-barreled stage-name 'Gaston-Murray' and were well-known performers with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company.

Her first appearance was at the Olympic in 1870 as Sacharissa in "The Princess". She played at the Lyceum with Irving in 1879 and at different West End theatres from 1882 to 1897, and took a prominent part in the few attempts to produce the dramas of Shelley and Browning, playing Beatrice in "The Cenci" (1886) and Mildred in "A Blot in the 'Scutcheon" (1888). Alma murray married Alfred Forman, who translated some of Wagner's librettos. She played Mrs. Maylie in "Oliver Twist" (1905), (1912), the Queen in "Pelleas and Melisande" (1911), Lady Dedmond in Galsworthy's "Fugitive" (1913), and Mrs. Eynsford-Hill in Shaw's "Pygmalion" (1914).

A collection of letters between Murray and George Bernard Shaw was privately published in Edinburgh in 1927. [Letters from George Bernard Shaw to Miss Alma Murray (Mrs. Alfred Forman). Edinburgh : Printed for private circulation, 1927. [32] p. 1 illus. 20 cm. Library of Conress PR5366 .A465 (Copy held by Rare Book/Special Collections Reading Room).]

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* [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?search=ss&sText=alma+murray&LinkID=mp50260 Portraits]
* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/G/Gaston-MurrayBlanche.htm Blanche Gaston-Murray]
* [http://math.boisestate.edu/gas/whowaswho/P-Q/PoundsJessie.htm Jessie Louise Gaston_Murray]


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