Lupino family

Lupino was the surname of a British theatre family tradition that could trace their roots back to an Italian émigré of the early 17th century. This family tradition comprised two actual families ^[1]

• the earlier Luppino or Lupino family
• the later Hook family who assumed the Lupino surname

c.1870 Sarah Lane The Queen of Hoxton

Several of the Hook family also adopted the surname Lane from Sarah Lane (1822–1899, née Borrow), the director of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, to whom they were related.

More recent members of this family have included Lupino Lane (Henry George Lupino, 1892–1959), Ida Lupino (1918–1995), Peter Lupino (1912–1994) and Rita Lupino (1920).

Lupino Lane's wife was actress Violet Blyth, and their son was also an actor, Lauri Lupino Lane (1921–1986). Lupino Lane's brother, Wallace Lupino (1898–1961) was an actor, as was Wallace's son, Richard (Dickie) Lupino. Henry and Wallace Lupino's nieces were Ida Lupino and her sister Rita Lupino, the daughters of actors Stanley Lupino (1894–1942) and Connie Emerald (1892–1959).

Living descendents of the Lupino family who are keeping up the family tradition is Sara Lupino Lane (granddaughter of Lupino Lane ) who is patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America and Patricia Lupino-Thompson. Thompson was the principal of a dance school in Manchester and is now a Fellow, examiner, lecturer, technical committee member and director of the International Dance Teachers Association, and a dance adjudicator for the British Federation of Festivals.

Family descent

Luppino family

Giorgio Luppino came from a family of Italian puppet makers. He fled to England as a political refugee

George William Luppino (1632–1693), son of Georgius, a singer, reciter and puppet master

George Charles Luppino (1662-1???), son of George William, a performer and puppeteer from age of 8

George Charles Luppino (1683–1723), son of George Charles, a dancer, known as The Motion Master of Long Acre

George Richard Eastcourt Luppino (1710–1787), son of George Charles, a dancer, an apprentice to John Rich, the founder of English Pantomime. He married Rosina Volante

Thomas Frederick Luppino (1749–1845), son of George Richard Eastcourt, a dancer and scenic artist. He married Elizabeth.

Samuel George Lupino (1766–1830), son of Thomas Frederick, an acrobatic dancer

Harry Lupino and his son Lupino Lane, in Jack and Jill, 1907-8 at The Prince's Bristol

Hook family

George Hook (George Hook Lupino, 1820–1902), a dancer, assumed the surname Lupino after working with members of the Lupino family. He became famous in the role of Harlequin and married Rosina Sophia Proctor (1831–1908) and had 16 children, at least 10 of whom became professional dancers, 2 of them marrying into the family of Sara Lane, manager of the Britannia Theatre Hoxton

Of George Hook Lupino's 16 children:

• George Lupino (1853–1932), performed in Drury Lane pantomimes of the 1890s, with Dan Leno and was the father of George Barry (Barry) Lupino (1884–1962), Mark Lupino (1889–1950) and Stanley Lupino (1893–1942)^[2] (who was father of Ida)
• Arthur Lupino (1864–1908) created the role of Nana in Peter Pan in 1904
• Harry Charles Lupino (1867–1925), married into the Lane family and was the father of Lupino Lane (Henry William George Lupino, 1892–1959)^[3] and Wallace Lupino (1898–1961).

Notable members of the family

• Lupino Lane (1892-1959} Theatre and Movie actor, dancer, singer, acrobat and author. Son of actor Harry Lupino, brother of actor Wallace Lupino and father of actor Lauri Lupino Lane.
• Stanley Lupino (1893–1942) Vaudeville performer, actor, writer. Father to Ida Lupino.
• Ida Lupino (1918–1995) Camberwell, London, England, UK. Died in Los Angeles, California. Actress.^[4]

References

1. ^ "The name Lupino was not the family name, but was adopted by George Hook (1820–1902) who appropriated the name Luppino - his one-time partner. (George Barry Lupino) Barry's family history adopted the antecedents of the real Italian Luppino and grafted them onto the Hook family tree." taken from: Pantomime, A Story in Pictures:(Theatrical History collection, 1973)
2. ^ Stanley Lupino (1894–1942) at Find a Grave
3. ^ Henry William George Lupino (1892–1959) at Find a Grave
4. ^ Ida Lupino (1918–1995) at Find a Grave

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