Richard le gallienne biography of christopher

Richard Thomas Gallienne (the “Le” was a later addition by Richard) was born in Liverpool on January 20, 1866.

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He was the eldest child of John (originally Jean) Gallienne, employed since 1855 at the Birkenhead Brewery, and Jane Smith, from Baxenden, just outside of Liverpool. Le Gallienne had six sisters and three brothers (two of whom died young). He was married three times and the first two marriages each produced a daughter. His first marriage in October 1891 to Eliza Mildred Lee was cut short by her death from typhoid fever in May 1894.

This death, according to Le Gallienne’s biographers Richard Whittington-Egan and Geoffrey Smerdon, was to have a lasting effect on the remainder of his life (255-56).

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A year later, in May 1895, he began an affair with Julie Nørregaard (1863-1942) (anglicized as Norregard). They were married in February 1897, separated in October 1903, and divorced in July 1911. In October of that year, he married Irma Hinton, former wife of the American sculptor Eva Le Gallienne - Wikipedia HEXY