for professional actors and stage managers who are in need due to illness, injury, or old age.
learn morethe Actors’ Benevolent Fund was founded by the great actor-manager Sir Henry Irving and a group of his friends.
learn morehas been the ABF's patron since 2000. Dame Penelope Keith, DBE, DL, has been the ABF's president since 1990.
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The Actors' Benevolent Fund is pleased to be launching our new website today!
read moreThirty-Fifth Annual Dinner Dance
Before the outset of WWII, the ABF held many events and benefits to fundraise for its charitable work.
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