Hepworth Studios, located not far from London, opened for business in 1899 and was the brainchild of Cecil Hepworth, one of the founders of the British film industry.

Released in 1903, Alice in Wonderland is recognized for its use of special effects (including showing an oversized Alice stuck inside the White Rabbit's den). May Clark (1889-1984) was working as a film cutter and production secretary at Hepworth Film Studios in London when she was cast in the first film adaptation of Carroll's famous tale. Here's a glance at Wasikowska and 15 other actresses who have played the eponymous character through the decades - including Meryl Streep, who appeared in the Public Theater's 1980 stage production, Alice in Concert. Mia Wasikowska is the latest thespian to star as Alice, first in the 2010 blockbuster Alice in Wonderland and now in the sequel, Alice Through the Looking Glass, which is opening in theaters over the long Memorial Day weekend. There have been countless stage plays, films and television movies adapting Carroll's classic adventure tale about a world populated with strange and quirky creatures, such as the Mad Hatter and the Cheshire Cat. Dozens of actresses have gladly gone down the rabbit hole in order to play Alice, the young girl immortalized in British author Lewis Carroll's 1865 novel, Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, a sequel, Through the Looking-Glass, and What Alice Found There, published in 1871.

Alice through the looking glass film