Estelle Winwood (24 January 1883 – 20 June 1984) was an English stage and movie actress who moved to America in mid-career and became celebrated for her longevity.
Born Estelle Goodwin in Lee, Kent, she decided at the age of five that she wanted to be an actress. With her mother's support, but her father's disapproval, she trained with the Liverpool Repertory Company, before moving on to a career in London's West End.
She moved to the United Stat...
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Estelle Winwood (24 January 1883 – 20 June 1984) was an English stage and movie actress who moved to America in mid-career and became celebrated for her longevity.
Born Estelle Goodwin in Lee, Kent, she decided at the age of five that she wanted to be an actress. With her mother's support, but her father's disapproval, she trained with the Liverpool Repertory Company, before moving on to a career in London's West End.
She moved to the United States in 1916 and made her Broadway debut, and until the beginning of the 1930s she divided her time between New York and London. Throughout her career, her first love was the theatre and as the years passed she appeared less frequently in London, but became a prolific performer on Broadway. Her many successes include A Successful Calamity (1917), A Little Journey (1918), Spring Cleaning (1923), The Distaff Side (1934), The Importance of Being Earnest (which she also directed, 1939), When We Are Married (1939), Ladies in Retirement (1940), The...
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