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Janette Mary Fernie Ranken (married name Thesiger) (16 December 1877 – 21 May 1970) was an English actress who worked under the name of Juliet Hardinge. She was the wife of actor Ernest Thesiger and sister of the painter William Bruce Ellis Ranken .
Sep 17, 2022 · Janette Thesiger née Ranken (1877 – 1970) Actor and socialite Janette Mary Fernie Ranken was born on 16 December 1877 to Robert Burt Ranken, Writer to the Signet, and his wife Mary at 8 Learmonth Terrace, Edinburgh.
Jun 11, 2021 · Thesiger had a sort of lavender marriage with fellow actor Juliet Hardinge (1877-1970), also known as Janette Ranken. She married Ernest in 1917 after the end of her relationship with the noted furniture historian Margaret Jourdain.
Janette Mary Fernie Ranken Thesiger (1877 – 21 May 1970) was an English actress who worked under the name of Juliet Hardinge. She was the wife of actor Ernest Thesiger and sister of the painter William Bruce Ellis Ranken.
Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger, CBE (15 January 1879 – 14 January 1961) was an English stage and film actor. He is noted for his performance as Doctor Septimus Pretorius in James Whale's film Bride of Frankenstein (1935). Portrait of Thesiger by William Ranken, Manchester City Galleries
In 1908 Ernest performed in a charity production of “The Importance of Being Earnest” with William’s eldest sister, Janette Mary Fernie (b.1877 - d.1970), who pursued a brief stage career under the name Juliet Hardinge.
Janette Ranken, the daughter of a prosperous Edinburgh family. Jourdain had first met Ranken while they were studying at Oxford. They then lived together after coming down to London. Ranken, however, had known Thesiger for several years and left Jourdain to marry him in 1917.17 As daughters of Victorian households these
