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. ::George Charles Luppino (1662-1???), son of George William, a performer and puppeteer from age of 8. :::George Charles Luppino II (1683–1723), son of George Charles, a dancer, known as
The Motion Master of Long Acre. He married Charlotte Mary Estcourt, daughter of the actor and playwright
Richard Estcourt. :::George Richard Estcourt Luppino (1710–1787), son of George Charles, a dancer, an apprentice to John Rich, the founder of English Pantomime. He married Rosina Volante, daughter of the rope-dancer and theatre company manager
Signora Violante. ::::Thomas Frederick Luppino (1749–1845), son of George Richard Estcourt, a dancer and scenic artist. He married Elizabeth. :::::Samuel George Lupino (1766–1830), son of Thomas Frederick, an acrobatic dancer. , in
Jack and Jill, 1907–8 at
The Prince's Bristol 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
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 Peter Lupino (1912–1994) and Antoinette Lupino (1921-1982), children of Barry Lupino; and Rita Lupino (1921–2016), sister of Ida. Living descendants 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.
Selected Lupino family tree - second (Hook) line ==See also ==