Background
She was born Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss in Washington, District of Columbia
She was born Ellen Pauline Matthew Bliss in Washington, District of Columbia
She is known for her extended run in the title role of British productions of Peter Pan, or The Boy Who Wouldn"t Grow Up. On May 20, 1885. She began acting at the age of 15. She played one of the Lost Boys in the debut of Peter Pan in London in 1904.
She was later selected by producer Charles Frohman and playwright J. M. Barrie for the title role, which she played from 1906–1913.
She retired from the stage after the Christmas run of Peter Pan ended in 1913 to marry banker Captain Alexander Victor Drummond. They had three children.
She died in Royal Tunbridge Wells, England in 1962.
She came out of retirement in 1916 for her only screen appearance in The Real Thing at Last, a satirical film scripted by Barrie and shown at a benefit for the Young Men’s Christian Association, attended by members of the British royal family.