Anne Oldfield
English actress – The theatrical idol of her day, her exquisite acting was the delight of her contemporaries, while her beauty and generosity found innumerable eulogists.
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Annie Horniman
English dramatic manager and producer.
Eleonora Duse
Italian actress
Anne Charlotte Edgren-Leffler
Swedish realistic novelist and dramatist
Gabrielle Réjane
French actress, called “the very essence of the Parisienne.”
Fanny Janauschek
Celebrated theatre actress from Prague
Adrienne Lecouvreur
French actress
Elisabeth of Wied
Queen of Romania, known as “Carmen Sylva”, a poet and novelist who fostered the higher education of women in Romania
Adelaide Ristori
Celebrated Italian tragic actress
Sarah Siddons
Actress of the English stage