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Jessie Millward (1861 – July 13, 1932) was an English stage actress known for her performances both in Britain and the United States. She played roles in Shakespeare and other classic plays, as well as melodramas and other contemporary works.
In 1885, Millward met, and later became romantically involved with, William Terriss, with whom she first starred in the extraordinarily successful The Harbour Lights by George R. Sims and Henry Pettitt.Smythe, p. 87 Terriss and Millward were then engaged at the Adelphi in its melodramas, beginning with The Bells of Haslemere (1887)."Obituary, Mr. Robert Courtneidge", The Times, 8 April 1939, p. 14 Millward and Terriss remained frequent stage partners. In 1889–90, and again in 1893–94, Terriss and Millward toured in the US with Irving.Smythe, pp. 98 and 112 Terriss was murdered outside the Adelphi Theatre in 1897. The New York Times, 17 December 1897, p. 3 She performed for several years from 1890 at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.Silvestre, passim
She played in the United States many more times, by invitation of producer Charles Frohman.Silvestre, p. 177 Her many Broadway theatre roles included the title role in Phroso in 1898, Lady Algy in Lord and Lady Algy in 1899, Countess Zicka in Diplomacy in 1901 and Clara in The Girl in the Taxi in 1910. Jessie Millward at the IBDB dabase, accessed 6 February 2012
In 1907, she married actor John Glendinning. Who's who, p. 198 Millward published an autobiography in 1923, Myself and Others. The Stage, Munsey's Magazine (October 1903), p. 134(14 July 1932). Jessie Millward, Actress, Dies at 73, The New York TimesStorms, A.D. The Player's Blue Book, p. 82-83 (1901)
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