Fanny Lily Gypsy
DAVENPORT
(b.
10 April 1850
,
London, England
d.
26 September 1898
,
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
)
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Fanny Lily Gypsy DAVENPORT was born 10 April 1850 in London, England
Fanny Lily Gypsy DAVENPORT was the child of ? and ?Fanny Lily Gypsy DAVENPORT died 26 September 1898 in Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA .
Occupation: stage actress
daughter of Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining
m. Edwin B. Price
(m.1879–div.1888)
Willet Melbourne MacDowell
(m.1889)
Her first husband was Edwin B. Price, an actor. They married on July 30, 1879, and divorced on June 8, 1888. On May 18, 1889, she married her leading man, Melbourne MacDowell. Both marriages were childless. wikipedia
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1850 Birth 10 April 1850
London, England
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Davenport, Fanny (1850–1898)
American actress-manager, one of the most successful of the late-19th century. Born Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport in London, England, on April 10, 1850; died in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1898; eldest daughter and one of seven children of Edward L. (an actor) and Fanny Elizabeth (Vining) Gill Davenport (an English actress); attended Boston public schools; married Edwin H. Price (an actor and later her business manager), on July 30, 1879 (divorced 1888); married William Melbourne MacDowell, on May 19, 1889.
Fanny Davenport, the most popular and successful actress-manager of the late-19th century, was born in London in 1850. Brought to Boston as a child, she followed her famous parents into the theater there, often appearing with her father's company. She made her New York debut at age 11 as King Charles in Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, a play produced by her father and J.W. Wallack, Jr. Her first adult role came in Still Waters Run...Read MORE...
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Davenport, Fanny (1850–1898)
American actress-manager, one of the most successful of the late-19th century. Born Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport in London, England, on April 10, 1850; died in South Duxbury, Massachusetts, on September 26, 1898; eldest daughter and one of seven children of Edward L. (an actor) and Fanny Elizabeth (Vining) Gill Davenport (an English actress); attended Boston public schools; married Edwin H. Price (an actor and later her business manager), on July 30, 1879 (divorced 1888); married William Melbourne MacDowell, on May 19, 1889.
Fanny Davenport, the most popular and successful actress-manager of the late-19th century, was born in London in 1850. Brought to Boston as a child, she followed her famous parents into the theater there, often appearing with her father's company. She made her New York debut at age 11 as King Charles in Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady, a play produced by her father and J.W. Wallack, Jr. Her first adult role came in Still Waters Run...Read MORE...
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1891 - The zipper is invented (Whitcomb L. Judson, United States)The motion picture camera is invented (Thomas Alva Edison, William K.L. Dickson, United States)
First Perforated Toilet Paper Roll is Patented
1898 Death 26 September 1898
Duxbury, Massachusetts, USA
She died at the age of 48.
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