Eva Le Gallienne was an English-born American stage actress, director and translator. By the age of 21, she has already become a broadway star, but she consciously ended her work on Broadway to devote herself to founding the Civic Repertory Theater, in which she was both director, producer, and lead actress. She was noted for her boldness and idealism. She was a versatile and eloquent actress as she could play everything from Peter Pan to Hamlet.