biography
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Kemble, Fanny
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popular name of Frances Ann Kemble
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| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1809–93)
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| biography:
| Actress, born in London, UK, the niece of John Philip Kemble. She made her debut at Covent Garden as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet, and created a great sensation. For three years she played leading parts in London, then went with her father to America (1832), where she married a Southern planter. Divorced in 1848, she successfully returned to the stage under her maiden name. |
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