Zeffie tilbury biography for kids

English-American actress (1863–1950)

Zeffie Agnes Lydia Tilbury (20 November 1863 – 24 July 1950) was an English-American actress.^[1][2]

Early years

Born in Paddington, Middlesex, England, Tilbury was the only child of the variety performer Lydia Thompson and John Christian Tilbury, a riding-master and "fashionable 'man about town'" from a comfortably wealthy background, his grandfather, of the Tilbury family firm of London coachbuilders, having created the Tilbury carriage.^[3][4][5] Her father died aged 26 in 1864; having borrowed an inexperienced horse, "All Fours", to participate in the South Essex Steeplechase at Brentwood, Essex, he was crushed by the horse when it failed to clear a fence and rolled on him.

Although he didn't appear badly injured, his skull was fractured and he had suffered severe internal injuries, which caused his death the next day.^[6][7]

Career

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