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{{Short description|English stage and film actress (1874–1966)}}
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| birth_name = Adelaide Mary Reeves
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| occupation = Actress
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'''Ada Reeve''' (born '''Adelaide Mary Reeves''', 3 March 1874 – 5 October 1966) was an English actress of both stage and film.
Reeve found considerable success on tour in Australia, South Africa, America and other places in pantomime, variety and vaudeville in the new century. At the age of 70 she began a film career, which she pursued for over a dozen years.
==Early career==
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Reeve married actor Bert Gilbert (Joseph Gilbert Hazlewood) in 1894, and returned to starring in provincial pantomimes and touring as Haidee in ''Don Juan''.
Still in 1898, Reeve played the role of "Madame Celeste" in ''Milord, Sir Smith'', followed by the role of Cleopatra in ''The Great Caesar'' in 1899. Later that year, she created the role of Lady Holyrood in the musical comedy ''[[Florodora]]'' at the [[Lyric Theatre (London)|Lyric Theatre]]. She reprised her role as principal boy in ''Aladdin'' at the [[Princes's Theatre, Bristol|Prince's Theatre]], [[Bristol]], over Christmas 1899–1900.
==Later years==
Reeve remarried in 1902 to Wilfred Cotton, a manager and actor who was the uncle of [[Lily Elsie]].
Over the following years, Reeve played in [[Variety show|variety]] in England and enjoyed extensive and lucrative foreign tours, including South Africa and the U.S. in 1911, South Africa in 1913, Australia in 1914, Australia and South Africa in 1917–1918 (including a return engagement at the Tivoli in Melbourne in ''You're in Love''), South Africa in 1920, Australia and New Zealand from 1922 to 1924 (again often in ''Aladdin'' with the Williamson company), and in 1926 and 1929, the last time playing in [[vaudeville]].
After a few more years on stage, in 1944 Reeve began appearing in films as Mrs. Barley in ''They Came to a City''.
She was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (
Ada Reeve died in 1966 at the age of 92.
==Filmography==
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! Year
*1947 – ''[[When the Bough Breaks (1947 film)|When the Bough Breaks]]'' – 2nd Landlady▼
! Title
*1947 – ''[[Meet Me at Dawn]]'' – Concierge▼
! Role
*1949 – ''[[Dear Mr. Prohack]]'' – Mrs. Griggs▼
! Notes
*1950 – ''[[Night and the City]]'' – Molly▼
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*1952 – ''[[I Believe in You (film)|I Believe in You]]'' – Mrs. Crockett▼
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*1956 – ''[[Eyewitness (1956 film)|Eyewitness]]'' – Mrs. Hudson▼
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|1953|| ''[[Time Bomb (1953 film)|Time Bomb]]'' || Old Lady || Uncredited
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|1957|| ''[[The Passionate Stranger]]'' || Old Woman ||
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==Notes==
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==References==
*Reeve, Ada (autobiography). ''Take It for a Fact: A Record of My Seventy-Five Years on the Stage''. London: Heinemann, 1954.
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20050108022022/http://www.peopleplayuk.org.uk
* [http://www.dgillan.screaming.net/stage/th-frames.html?http&&&www.dgillan.screaming.net/stage/reeve/reeve-a2.html Ada Reeve (
==External links==
* {{IMDb name|id=0716100|name=Ada Reeve}}
*[http://www.ausstage.edu.au/indexdrilldown.jsp?xcid=59&f_contrib_id=238798 Ada Reeve's Australian theatre credits] in [[AusStage]]
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