Louie Freear

Louisa Freear was an English actress and comedienne.

Biography

She was born in Lambeth, London, and was part of the Freear theatrical family; her parents were actor Henry Butler Freear and Mary Jane Freear, a vocalist. Her brother Walter Freear was an actor, dancer and comedian, and brother Alfred worked as a musician.
Described as "vital and diminutive", she performed the role Flo Honeydew in The Lady Slavey and Puck (A [Midsummer Night's Dream)|Puck] in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's lavish 1900 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream. She was also a success in George [Dance (dramatist)|George Dance]'s comic opera, A Chinese Honeymoon, in 1901.
In 1912, she married Charles Shepherd. She died at her home London on 23 March 1939, and was buried at Brookwood Cemetery.