Elizabeth Willis
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British stage actress
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Elizabeth Willis was a British stage actress. She originally began appearing at Drury Lane in 1696, before joining Thomas Betterton's company at Lincoln's Inn Fields Theatre the following year. For the remainder of her career she switched between the two patent theatres and the new Queen's Theatre in the Haymarket. She also appeared at the summer fairs in London. Her daughter Mary Willis also became an actress, and the two appeared together, being billed as Mrs Willis and Miss Willis respectively.
