Biography
Violet Vanbrugh, born Violet Augusta Mary Barnes, was an English actress. She made her professional debut in a burlesque in 1886 and went on to a stage career spanning more than fifty years, appearing in Shakespearean roles and modern plays, often with her husband Arthur Bourchier until their divorce in 1917. She was the elder sister of actress Irene Vanbrugh.
Her film roles include Queen Katharine in Henry VIII (1911), Lady Macbeth in Macbeth (1913) and the Ambassadress in Pygmalion (1938). She was appointed a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
