Louise Drew (1882 â€" April 23, 1954, New York City) was an American
stage actress.Born into a prominent stage family, Drew was part of the
Barrymore family tree of actors. She was educated in both France and
the United States. Her mother was stage actress Josephine Baker and
her father was the Shakespearean actor John Drew, Jr. (1853â€"1927),
known as "The First Gentleman of the American Stage." She made her
Broadway debut in 1901 appearing with her father in The Tyranny of
Tears. She shared the stage with her first cousin Academy Award winner
Ethel Barrymore in the Broadway production of Her Sister and the
revivals Trelawny of the 'Wells' (in 1911) and Alice
Sit-by-the-Fire.Drew married actor Jack Devereaux (1881â€"1958) in
April 1917 before he was called to serve in World War I. He also was
an acclaimed Broadway performer before appearing in silent films
produced by The Triangle Motion Picture Company. They had one child,
Broadway performer and stage manager John Drew Devereaux
(1918â€"1995).Among Drew's many Broadway appearances were in The
Second in Command (co-starring her father), Iris, Lady Rose's Daughter
(1903), Whitewashing Julia (1903), Caught in the Rain (not connected
with the Charlie Chaplin Keystone short), and as the French Countess
in It Pays to Advertise (1914), which subsequently was revived on both
stage and film. She appeared with many well-known stars of the era
including Virginia Harned, Robert Edeson, Willie Collier and Fay
Davis. She retired from the stage after the Broadway run of The Gay
Lord Quex (which also featured her father) concluded in December 1917.
stage actress.Born into a prominent stage family, Drew was part of the
Barrymore family tree of actors. She was educated in both France and
the United States. Her mother was stage actress Josephine Baker and
her father was the Shakespearean actor John Drew, Jr. (1853â€"1927),
known as "The First Gentleman of the American Stage." She made her
Broadway debut in 1901 appearing with her father in The Tyranny of
Tears. She shared the stage with her first cousin Academy Award winner
Ethel Barrymore in the Broadway production of Her Sister and the
revivals Trelawny of the 'Wells' (in 1911) and Alice
Sit-by-the-Fire.Drew married actor Jack Devereaux (1881â€"1958) in
April 1917 before he was called to serve in World War I. He also was
an acclaimed Broadway performer before appearing in silent films
produced by The Triangle Motion Picture Company. They had one child,
Broadway performer and stage manager John Drew Devereaux
(1918â€"1995).Among Drew's many Broadway appearances were in The
Second in Command (co-starring her father), Iris, Lady Rose's Daughter
(1903), Whitewashing Julia (1903), Caught in the Rain (not connected
with the Charlie Chaplin Keystone short), and as the French Countess
in It Pays to Advertise (1914), which subsequently was revived on both
stage and film. She appeared with many well-known stars of the era
including Virginia Harned, Robert Edeson, Willie Collier and Fay
Davis. She retired from the stage after the Broadway run of The Gay
Lord Quex (which also featured her father) concluded in December 1917.
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