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Louisa Freear (26 November 1871–23 March 1939) was an English actress and comedienne.

Louie Freear
Born	Louisa Freear (1871-11-26)26 November 1871 Lambeth, London, England
Died	23 March 1939(1939-03-23) (aged 67) London, England
Other names	Louisa Shepherd
Occupation	Actress, comedienne

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 (née Burke), a vocalist. Her brother Walter Freear was an actor, dancer and comedian, and brother Alfred worked as a musician.[1]

Described as "vital and diminutive",[2] she performed the role Flo Honeydew in The Lady Slavey (1894) and Puck in Herbert Beerbohm Tree's lavish 1900 production of A Midsummer Night's Dream.[3] She was also a success in George Dance's comic opera, A Chinese Honeymoon, in 1901.[2]

In 1912, she married Charles Shepherd. She died in London in 1939.[4]

References

External links

• Louie Freear at IMDb
• Images at National Portrait Gallery
• Louie Freear in Press and Literature

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