Helen Ernstone

Helena Cécile Ernstone, (née Hélène Cecilia Schott; circa 1841 Gibraltar – 2 July 1933 Ferndown, Dorset, England)[1] was an English actress who appeared in London theatres from 1867 to 1881.

After establishing several international branches for the firm, Adam left to pursue a musical career, performing in New York during 1830/1.

Ernstone began her professional career in provincial theatres, playing the role of Geraldine in Buckstone's The Green Bushes at The Canterbury Music Hall, Lambeth in 1867.

The Times wrote: "Among the novices are Miss Ernstone, from Manchester, a young lady of prepossessing appearance, who plays Ada Vandaleur... with much force".

[6] Also in 1870, she created the part of Katie Maguire in Inisfallen by Edmund Falconer at the Lyceum Theatre, London[7] and played Lizzie Hexham in another adaptation of a Dickens novel, Our Mutual Friend, at the Opera Comique.

[13] The following year, she appeared at the Olympic as Marguerite Duval in a melodrama called Mother[14] and at the Standard Theatre as Margaret Wentworth in Henry Dunbar.