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Lupino family

Lupino is the surname of a British theatre family tradition which traces its roots to an Italian émigré of the early 17th century. The "Lupino" name is derived from two unrelated families:

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  • the original Luppino or Lupino family, seventeenth century emigres from Italy to England
  • the later Hook family, which assumed the Lupino surname.

    • Actress and director Ida Lupino (1918–1995) and her uncle, theatre and movie actor, dancer, singer, acrobat and author Lupino Lane (Henry George Lupino, 1892–1959), descend from this line.

    Several of the Hook family also adopted the surname Lane from Sarah Lane (1822–1899, née Borrow), the director of the Britannia Theatre, Hoxton, to whom they were related.

    Luppino family

    Giorgio Luppino came from a family of Italian puppet makers. He fled to England as a political refugee

    George William Luppino (1632–1693), son of Georgius, a singer, reciter and puppet master

    Hook family

    Unrelated dancer George Hook (George Hook Lupino, 1820–1902) assumed the surname Lupino after working with members of the Lupino family. He became famous in the role of Harlequin and married Rosina Sophia Proctor (1831–1908) and had 16 children, at least 10 of whom became professional dancers, two of them marrying into the family of Sara Lane, manager of the Britannia Theatre Hoxton.

    Of George Hook Lupino's 16 children:

  • George Lupino (1853–1932), performed in Drury Lane pantomimes of the 1890s, with Dan Leno and was the father of George Barry (Barry) Lupino (1884–1962), Mark Lupino (1889–1930) and Vaudeville performer, actor, and writer Stanley Lupino (1893–1942) (father of Ida)
  • Arthur Lupino (1864–1908) Animal impersonator. First to play the role of the role of Nana in Peter Pan in 1904
  • Harry Charles Lupino (1867–1925), married into the Lane family and was the father of Lupino Lane (Henry William George Lupino, 1892–1959) and Wallace Lupino (1898–1961).

    • Other members from this second line include Stanley Lupino (1893–1942), Peter Lupino (1912–1994), and Rita Lupino (1921-2016).

    Living descendents of the Lupino family who maintain the family tradition include Sara Lupino Lane (granddaughter of Lupino Lane), patron of The Music Hall Guild of Great Britain and America, and Patricia Lupino-Thompson. Thompson, former principal of a dance school in Manchester, is now a Fellow, examiner, lecturer, technical committee member and director of the International Dance Teachers Association, and a dance adjudicator for the British Federation of Festivals.

    References

    Lupino family Wikipedia
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