Ada Reeve (3 March 1874 – 5 October 1966) was an English actress of both stage and film. Reeve began to perform in pantomime and music hall as a child. She gained fame in Edwardian musical comedies in the 1890s.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.
Celebrated British musical comedy performer, the daughter of a Jewish actor and an English singer. She was a star of the music halls and variety by the 1890's. On stage in pantomime from the age of four, she remained busy touring South Africa, the U.S. and Australia until the 1930's, from which time she acted in a few films.
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From a theatrical family, her father was an actor, Charles Reeves (Samuel Isaacs), and her mother a dancer, Harriet Saunders (Harriet Seaman).