Born: 20 July 1829, Czechia
Died: 28 November 1904
Country most active: United States
Also known as: Francesca Romana Magdalena Janauschek
From Famous Women: An Outline of Feminine Achievement Through the Ages With Life Stories of Five Hundred Noted Women. Written by Joseph Adelman, published 1926 by Ellis M Lonow Company:
Fanny Janauschek (1830-1904), a celebrated actress, born at Prague, Bohemia. From childhood she gave evidence of dramatic talent, and her first appearance was at her native place. After a series of successful engagements in European cities, she came to America in 1867, playing in New York and elsewhere, in the German language. In 1873, having studied the language, she played in English, and after several visits to Europe and Australia, finally settled in the United States, where she continued to appear until her retirement in 1898.
Mme. Tanauschek was an actress of the highest order, gifted with a noble voice, and splendid powers of expression. The majesty and pathos of her Mary Stuart and Marie Antoinette will long be remembered, her Meg Merrilies and Lady Macbeth were vivid and striking portrayals, while her dual roles of Hortense, the French maid, and Lady Dedlock, in a dramatic version of Dickens’s “Bleak House,” were marvellously contrasted impersonations.