Gerald Kay Souper(1871-1947)
- Actor
Born in Shanghai the son of Edward Bennison Souper an Australian born
businessman, his early years were spent in Perth, Western Australia. He
traveled to the UK to study stage acting, and met and married Florence
Gretton an actress from Birmingham. The pair of them toured extensively
with several theatre companies, before emigrating to Sydney NSW
Australia in 1910. Their two daughters were soon brought over to join
them in Sydney, where the family settled and it became their home base.
Gerald continued to tour throughout Australia and back in England and
also in the North American continent. He continued to work throughout
both world wars fund raising through concert parties, and was on the
committee of the Australian Actors Union. His wife Florence died in
Sydney in 1946, and Gerald traveled to be with his recently widowed
daughter in Kent, England. He died there in January 1947.
