The “Little Fairy.” Miss Dollie Dutton, the “queen of the fairies,” 10½ years old, 29 inches tall, and weighing only 15 pounds, assisted by miss Wilhelmina Kappes, and Mr. George Monk, will give levees at Union Hall, in this place [. . .]. The entertainments given by Miss Dollie and her troupe, are very highly … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Little Dollie Dutton and party are wandering through Rhode Island. They were at Providence on the 11th inst. Cincinnati Daily Press 1/17/1862. Print. Dutton, Cincinnati Daily Press, 1/17/1862
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[Miss Dollie Dutton] will sing the following songs, and will at each Levee make selections from them: [C]ommon Bill; I want to get Married; The Gipsio Song, and The Temperance Song. She will give levees at MELODEON HALL Cleveland Morning Leader 1/24/1861. Print. Dutton, Cleveland Morning Leader, 1/24/1861
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Little Dollie Dutton gives her last levees here [. . .]. To-morrow afternoon and evening she gives levees at Wilmington, Ohio. Her patronage here has been as liberal as her manager or friends could desire. Cincinnati Daily Press 1/1/1861. Print. Dutton, Cincinnati Daily Press, 1/1/1861
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TWO LAST DAYS.—This and to-morrow afternoon and evening [. . .] at the Concert Hall, will be the last opportunity our citizens will have to visit Dollie Dutton. OPERA-HOUSE CONCERT-HALL.—Dollie Dutton will give her usual levees to-day and this evening, at the Concert hall of the Opera house. She is a marvel of diminutiveness, and … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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PIKE’S CONCERT-HALL.—The little fairy, Dollie Dutton, continues to give her levees daily and nightly at the Concert-hall, in the Opera-house. Cincinnati Daily Press 12/20/1860. Print. Dutton, Cincinnati Daily Press, 12/20/1860
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PETITIONS. From the Manager of Dollie Dutton, asking an abatement of the license fee charged for her levees, on the ground that no other city has required such fees of him, and setting forth that he has admitted free of charge the Industrial School, and that when here in 1858 with the Panorama of New … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Little Dollie Dutton remains here only to-day and to-morrow, giving afternoon and evening Levees [. . .] at the Melodeon. Wednesday she goes to Columbus and our friends in the Capital City will find she will draw and interest as she has here. The following beautiful lines, from the pen of a lady of this … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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PROGRAMME: A Song by LITTLE DOLLIE. Remarks by Mr. NORTON. THE GIANT in contrast with DOLLIE. [. . .] A Polka by Little DOLLIE. A Duet by Little DOLLIE and [MISS] WILHELMINA [KAPPES]. Cleveland Morning Leader 11/23/1860. Print.
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We yesterday afternoon found opportunity to call in at the Melodeon, where Dollie Dutton holds her levees. Through the kindness of Mr. Norton, the manager, we were presented to Dollie. We confess we had not expected to see so much of interest in so small a parcel. To give a just idea of Dollie’s attractions … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Dwarfs. [T]he last dwarf is the remarkable and very interesting child, little Dollie Dutton, now on exhibition at Assembly Building, Chestnut street. She is beyond doubt, the smallest human creature of whom any certain account exists—smaller, even, than Borowlaski, who was thirty-nine inches tall at the age of nine; being ten inches higher than Miss … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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The bad weather of yesterday has but little if any effect on the attendance at the levees of this charming and interesting little creature. And Dollie merits all the attention she receives. An hour could not be more pleasantly spent than in chatting with her, observing her playful innocence, and noting the child-like simplicity with … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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This little lady, about as tall as a column of this paper, gave her first levee here yesterday, and continues them at the Melodeon this afternoon and evening. She is very, very small and pretty, and is just what the bills represent her to be. She sings in a clear, distinct, voice, promenades the aisles, … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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LEVEES OF THE LITTLE FAIRY, MISS DOLLIE DUTTON PROGRAMME: A Song by LITTLE DOLLIE. DOLLIE compared in size with others of her age. The LITTLE FAIRY is carried to every part of the house in a little Flower Basket. [. . .] The FAIRY walks through all parts of the house. DOLLIE standing on the … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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A little wonder has been giving levees through the Eastern States and cities for the past year or more, and has created a great furore wherever she has been seen. She is called Dollie Dutton, is 10 years old and weighs only fifteen pounds. In form and features she is said to be perfect. She … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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DOLLIE DUTTON, the Little Fairy, standing on her father’s hand. LEVEES OF THE “LITTLE FAIRY.” MISS DOLLIE DUTTON, the Smallest Girl in the World of her age; 9 years old, 29 inches high and WEIGHING ONLY FIFTEEN POUNDS. AN INFINITELY GREATER CURIOSITY THAN GENERAL TOM THUMB. ________ PROGRAMME OF EACH LEVEE. The Little Fairy and Miss … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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HISTORY OF THE “LITTLE FAIRY,” MISS DOLLIE DUTTON. Gen. Tom Thumb, the Marsh Children, Little Cordelia Howard (who played the part of Eva in Uncle Tom’s Cabin,) Little Alfred Stewart, the little comedian, now, in 1860, 15 years of age, “Little Ella,” Virginia Burns, six years of age, Dec. 11, 1860, the Wren Children, now … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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A Philadelphia paper says:—“For the last week the children have talked of nothing but ‘little Dollie Dutton;’ cries and frettings have been stopped by promises to go and see Dollie Dutton; noise and confusion have been suddenly hushed by ‘tell me about Dollie Dutton?’ Dollie has come, and in a ‘shape no bigger than an … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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The profits of little Dollie Dutton’s levees in the East, for the past year, are said to have been upward of $50,000. Cincinnati Daily Press 7/28/1860. Print. Dutton, Cincinnati Daily Press, 7/28/1860
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Within a few years past dwarfs have been numerously exhibited in this country, and have claimed no small share of public attention. One of the most remarkable curiosities in this connection is Dollie Dutton, the “little fairy,” as she is called. This specimen of the lilliputian is about 9 years of age, is 26 inches … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Dollie Dutton gave her first levee at the New Assembly Room last night. Dollie is the smallest of all small ladies. Her littleness is especially observable when she is placed beside a girl of the ordinary size of her own age. She is smaller than most infants of a year’s growth, and is yet equal … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Dollie Dutton, the little doll of a woman that created such an excitement in Philadelphia, will give her first levee at the New Assembly Rooms to-morrow evening. Dollie is said to be only nine years old, twenty-six inches high and weighs but thirteen pounds, and have none of the repulsive anomalies of a dwarf, but … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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The Rochester (N. Y.) Express learns that Dollie Dutton, the miniature Miss, recently fell while balancing on the exhibitor’s hand, and broke an arm. Cincinnati Daily Press 4/26/1860. Print. Dutton, Cincinnati Daily Press, 4/26/1860
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LAST OF THE DUTTON CHILDREN.—Little Dolly Dutton died at Brooklyn, N. Y., on Thursday, 8th inst. She was in her usual health the evening of her death, and entertained a large audience; but after dancing she complained of being unwell, when she was taken to a hotel, where she died in a few hours. She … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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LEVEES OF “THE LITTLE FAIRY,” MISS DOLLIE DUTTON. The smallest girl in the world, of her age, 9 years old, 26 inches high, and weighing only 13 pounds, an infinitely greater curiosity than Gen. Tom Thumb. She sings several songs, and will also dance the Polka at each Levee. New-York Daily Tribune 12/13/1859: 2. Print. … Continue reading Dutton, Dollie
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Dollie Dutton of Springfield, Mass., a girl of 10 years, is a prodigy besides whom Tom Thumb ceases to be a curiosity. She weights but thirteen pounds yet is intelligent, sprightly, and modeled to perfection. The Cass County Republican 11/10/1859. Print. Dutton, The Cass County Republican, 11/10/1859
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ONE OF THE LIGHT WEIGHTS.—Miss Dollie Dutton, the smallest girl in the world of her age, being nine years old and twenty-six inches high, and weighing only thirteen pounds, is giving levees in Providence. New Orleans Daily Crescent 10/11/1859. Print. Dutton, New Orleans Daily Crescent, 10/11/1859
Davenport, Fanny
YOUNG WOMEN AND THE STAGE _____ Fanny Davenport’s Advice to Young Women Who Aspire to Be Actresses “No doubt the stage offers greater opportunities to young woman of ambition and talent than any other occupation open to their endeavors,” said Fanny Davenport recently to a girl who, like hundreds of her sex, has asked the … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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News reaches us from New York of the death of Miss Fanny Davenport, a very popular actress in America. She was born in London and appeared here about sixteen years ago in her professional capacity, but without making so great an impression upon London playgoers as she had done in the United States, where she … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Coming from one so thoroughly capable of giving a reliable and valued opinion on the “Art of Acting,” Miss Fanny Davenport’s contribution to the subject in the Boston Times, of October 23, may be read with the greatest interest. This great actress points out how useful in the future it would be if those “who … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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FANNY DAVENPORT DEAD Frances Vining Davenport was born April 10, 1850, in London, where her father, Edward L. Davenport, an actor of American birth, and her mother, Frances Vining, of a famous English theatrical family, had both been acting in the company of Anna Core Mowatt. In 1854 Mr. and Mrs. Davenport came to America, … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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There is a quiet little house in Forty-fifth Street, New York, which the passers-by scarcely notice, yet in it is living a lady, who, within a few years, has attained a prominence upon the stage which has made her pleasant, cheery features known to all the intelligent theatre-goers of the city. Prominent as her position … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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It was at [Augustin Daly’s Fifth Avenue Theatre] that the late Fanny Davenport, who first appeared in New York, at Niblo’s Gardens, in 1862, made a great hit, six weeks after Augustin Daly had started the house, by her rendering of Lady Gay Spanker, her father representing Sir Harcourt Courtly. During the following seasons she … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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MISS FANNY DAVENPORT. We extract the following particulars concerning Miss Davenport from “A Portrait Gallery” of the leading actors and actresses of America, published by Richard R. Fox, of New York :– [A]mong the actresses in the English company which has supported Mrs [Anna Cora] Mowatt in connection with [E. L. Davenport] was Miss Fanny … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Fanny Davenport was seen at times during the season in minor rôles [. . .] (120) The History of the Boston Theatre 1854-1901 (Houghton Mifflin Company, Senate House Library, University of London) 1908: 120. Print. Davenport, The History of the Boston Theatre 1854-1901 (Houghton Mifflin Company, Senate House Library, University of London), 1908, 120
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Miss Davenport is one of the very few exponents today of the thoroughly legitimate school of acting, and her powerful and artistic work is always a great treat to theatre-goers. Los Angeles Daily Herald 10/6/1889. Print. Davenport, Los Angeles Daily Herald, 10/6/1889
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Miss Fanny Davenport, Tragedienne. One of the most conspicuous figures on the American stage to-day is Fanny Davenport, step-daughter of the celebrated tragedian, E. L Davenport. She was born in England in 1849, and six years later was brought to America. She made her first appearance before the footlights when a mere infant, playing children’s … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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If Fanny Davenport becomes the manager of the Casino, as she is planning, or any other New York theater, her shrewdness and far-sightedness will demonstrate that a woman as well as a man can direct a playhouse. All the young actors that used to be under Augustin Daly’s management have turned out well. Los Angeles … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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The Los Angeles Herald publishes a picture of Fanny Davenport as a child in her mother’s arms, and underneath is the inscription: “Fanny Davenport as a child—more than thirty years ago.” Yes, more than thirty years ago.—Sacramento Bee. Los Angeles Herald 3/22/1895: 6. Print. Davenport, Los Angeles Herald, 3/22/1895, 6
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Mr. Daly’s next venture was not a happy one. From the Fifth Avenue he went to the Grand Opera House. Here a good number of patrons fell to his share. Returning to Twenty-eighth street and Fifth avenue he established the theatre which now occupies the site. Clara Morris, Fanny Davenport and many other leading artists … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
Fanny Davenport was born in London, England, April 10, 1850. She made her debut on the stage at Burton’s Chamber Street theatre, Fe. 23, 1857, in a ballet of little girls singing a verse of “A Star Spangled Banner.” Her next appearance was at the Howard Athenaeum, Boston, Aug. 12, 1857, in a burlesque of … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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The name Fanny Davenport was for years a household word. Young collegians put her photographs on the mantelpiece or in the edge of a looking glass. Born into a famous theatricality family, she brilliantly played parts, and appearing in dramas by Sardou was popularly known as the American Sarah Bernhardt [sic]. Monroe City Democrat 9/30/1915. … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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1857—Fanny Davenport made her New York debut at Chambers Street theater. Palestine Daily Herald 2/23/1907. Print. Davenport, Palestine Daily Herald, 2/23/1907
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Fanny Lily Gipsy Davenport was the daughter of the celebrated actor Edward Loomis Davenport. She was born in London in 1850 and was brought to America as a child and educated in Boston. When 7 years old she appeared at the Howard Athenaeum in Boston as the child of Metamora, but her real debut was … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Whether it be profitable or not, it is at least pertinent to consider so interesting a personage as Fanny Davenport for what she might have been, as well as for what she was. The death of this actress brings to an end a potential career. Miss Davenport came of illustrious histrionic stock. She enjoyed the … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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WAS BORN TO THE STAGE Miss [Fanny] Davenport was born to the stage. She could trace the history clear through several generations. Mary Anne Davenport of the last century was a noted English actress. Miss Davenport’s parents were Edward Loomis Davenport, an actor almost great, and Fanny Elizabeth Vining, an English actress of a noted … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Fanny Davenport fell heir to the stage through an entirely natural process. Being the daughter of so well-known a tragedian as E.L. Davenport, it was no matter of difficulty for him to place her in the best possible position. He brought her out as a child actress when he was a manager of a theater … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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A mere child [Fanny Davenport] appeared in “Metamora” at the Athenaem, in Boston, and that was the beginning of a career that has covered a period of more than thirty-five years. The Dalles Daily Chronicle 9/28/1898. Print. Davenport, The Dalles Daily Chronicle, 9/28/1898
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WHEN IS SHE AN OLD MAID? Fanny Davenport’s statement was as follows: “It is possible that the Paris chief of police decided all unmarried women of 30 to be old maids, because he is so many kilometers away from the United States. According to the opinions of many Franco-American observers the women of Paris may … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Fanny Davenport does not approve of stage children. To an interviewer this eminent actress said recently: “I use a child myself in Gismonda, and although I know its mother is constantly looking after it I always feel that it would be far better off at home. The wings of a theater—especially those where there are … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
Fanny Davenport, one of the greatest of all American actresses, is another patroness for the day. She was born in England in 1850, but because of the fact that she was brought up in this country she may be regarded as an American. Her school days were passed in Boston, and it was when she … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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[Mr. Marden] was for a long time popular at the Bowery. It was at this time that Fanny Davenport, then a beginner, made her first appearance in “Oliver Twist,” although not as Nancy. She was Rose. The Sun 2/18/1912. Print. Davenport, The Sun, 2/18/1912
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Fanny Davenport’s Debut. Fanny Davenport’s New York debut was at Barton’s Chambers street theater, February 23, 1857, when she sang a verse of “The Star-Spangled Banner” in a ballet of little girls. The theater was under the management of E.L Davenport and Harry Watkins. Barbour County Index 8/15/1906. Print. Davenport, Barbour County Index, 8/15/1906
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[Mrs. Anne Hartley Gilbert] played with Fanny Davenport when the plump Fanny was not yet taking herself seriously and was assigned to comedy roles. The San Francisco Call 9/29/1901. Print. Davenport, The San Francisco Call, 9/29/1901
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[Fanny Davenport’s] first husband was Edward Price, a young stock actor, whom she engaged as the leading juvenile man in her company in the season of 1877-78. Late in the season of 1888-89 she married her leading man, Melbourne McDowell, younger than herself and an actor of ability. The Goodland Republic 9/30/1898. Print. Davenport, The … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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[T]he artist, whose name is carved in the great book of immortality, was Fanny Davenport. Handsome, full of merriment, making gladness all around her, yet her art was first, and everything must give place to it. When you and I slept, she worked. She learned to become the woman she represented. She learned to know … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Fanny Davenport was the daughter of the late Edgar L. Davenport, one of the best-known and most versatile actors of a past generation on the American stage. Her mother was Fanny Elizabeth Vining, daughter of the manager of the Haymarket Theater, London. She was born in the English metropolis April 10, 1850. Her childhood was … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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FANNY DAVENPORT NO MORE. Fanny Davenport (Mrs. Melbourne McDowell) died at her summer home, Melbourne hall, at 10:30 o’clock last night of enlargement of the heart. Miss Davenport had never fully recovered from her severe illness early in the summer, but up to a week ago it was thought she would in time enjoy good … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
Miss Fanny Davenport was the daughter of Edward Davenport, the famous actor, and Fanny Davenport, an equally famous actress, and was born in London, April 10, 1850. She first essayed juvenile parts at the Howard atheneum in Boston when 12 years of age, while her first adult part was that of Mrs. Mildway in “Still … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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THE LATE FANNY DAVENPORT. DUXBURY, Mass., Sept. 26—Fanny Davenport (Mrs. Melbourne McDowell) died at her summer home, Melbourne Hall, at half-past 10 o’clock to-night of enlargement of the heart. Miss Davenport had never fully recovered from her severe illness in the summer, but up to a week ago it was thought that she would in … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
FANNY DAVENPORT IS DEAD. As a child, Fanny Davenport played many parts with her parents, E.L Davenport and Fanny Vining Davenport. She inherited a liking for the stage, and this liking was indulged more generously than it is in the case of most stage children of to-day. She made her first appearance in an oldtime … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
“One of my childhood’s dreams of intense acting,” says Fanny Davenport, “as well as my idol as a schoolgirl, was Lucile Weston. I would have gone without eating to see her act. She was to me then the embodiment of power and warmth.” The Record-Union 3/13/1898: 8. Print. Davenport, The Record-Union, 3/13/1898, 8
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Fanny Davenport is quite portly now, but Miss Coghlan was a member of her company and remembers the day that she was not plump. The picture shows her at the age of 3, and also shows that she was a very fat little girl. Her mother is holding her in her lap. The picture was … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Miss Davenport comes of a distinguished dramatic family. Her father, E.L Davenport, was a man of very versatile genius. He was a very fine dramatic scholar, and of all his children Fanny Davenport appears to have inherited most richly his dramatic genius. The Seattle Post-Intelligencer 12/20/1893: 4. Print. Davenport, The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 12/20/1893, 4
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Davenport’s Life Sketch. Fanny Davenport, who will appear at the Seattle opera-house on Wednesday and Thursday nights, furnishes the POST-INTELLIGENCER with the following sketch of her life: “I was born in London, Great Russell street, opposite the British Museum. The house is there still, and on my last visit I had a ‘wee’ drawing made … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
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Miss Davenport was the favorite daughter of the late E.L. Davenport, an accomplished actor in parts ranging from tragedy to comedy. He hoped that she might become a tragedienne, and her early training for the stage was with that end in view; but the father could not keep himself in constant employment in tragic parts, … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
Davenport, Fanny
Although Miss Davenport has never as yet appeared in Southern California, her name and fame as an actress of the highest rank is well known. From all that is said, all the genius of her lamented father, E.L Davenport seems to have fallen as a mantel about the shoulders of his talented and famous daughter, … Continue reading Davenport, Fanny
De Lorme, Master Eugene
G.N. Eldred’s Great Rotunda Menagerie and Circus Company are now “coming home” from Mexico through Texas, and were at Marshall, Texas, on the 8th June….Among the little prodigies are Masters Saunders, Eugene De Lorme, La Roix, and Little Harry. New York Clipper 2 July 1859: 86. Print.
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The Dutton Children have got “organized” as “fairy sisters”. Albert Norton is their agent, and they are now on the move to good old Massachusetts, their native State. They will [be]…around Boston all this week, and give two performances a day. New York Clipper 9 April 1859: 406. Print.