Tryphosa Jane Wallis

Tryphosa Jane Wallis or Tryphosa Jane Campbell or Miss Wallis from Bath (11 January 1774 – 29 December 1848) was a British actress.

Life

Wallis was born on 11 January 1774 to a theatrical family in Richmond although her paternal grandfather was a church minister in Ireland. Her talent was adopted and championed by Lord and Lady Loughborough from 1785 and she went on to appear at Covent Garden in 1789. Wallis was a popular performer who sometimes experienced mixed reviews. Some thought that her success was largely due to her adoption by the Lord Chancellor of England.

In 1797 she married James Elijah Campbell only weeks after giving her final performance in Covent Garden. By this time she had said to have lost her nerve for playing leading roles. and George Romney.

Wallis died on 29 December 1848 in Edmonton, Middlesex, aged 74, having survived her husband, who was a captain in the Royal Navy, and some of her seven children. She was buried at All Saints' Church, Edmonton beside her sister Margaret Tate (1775 - 1851) and numerous members of the Tate family.