| Allan Aynesworth | |
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Aynesworth (left) in the original production of The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) with George Alexander (right) |
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| Born | Edward Abbot-Anderson 14 April 1864 Sandhurst, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Died | 22 August 1959 (aged 95) Surrey, United Kingdom |
Allan Aynesworth (14 April 1864 – 22 August 1959) was a British actor of the late Victorian era. His stage name appears variously as "Alan Aynesworth," "Allan Aynesworth" and "Alan Aynsworth." He performed the role of Algernon Moncrieff in the premiere production of The Importance of Being Earnest, later telling Oscar Wilde biographer Hesketh Pearson that "In my fifty-three years of acting, I never remember a greater triumph than [that] first night."
He was born Edward Abbot-Anderson in Sandhurst, Berkshire and died at age 95 in Surrey.
He appeared in a number of films, including The Iron Duke (1934) with George Arliss, Brewster's Millions (1935) with Jack Buchanan and Lili Damita, Young Man's Fancy (1939) and The Last Days of Dolwyn (1949), his last picture, with Richard Burton, Emlyn Williams, and Edith Evans.
John Gielgud, when asked who inspired him as a young actor, named Alan Aynesworth as one of his inspirations.