Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898
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Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898
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Davenport, Fanny, 1850-1898
Davenport, Fanny
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Davenport, Fanny J.
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Price, Fanny Davenport 1850-1898
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Price, Fanny Davenport 1850-1898
Davenport, Fanny Lily Gipsy 1850-1898
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Davenport, Fanny Lily Gipsy 1850-1898
Davenport, Fanny Lily Gypsy 1850-1898
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Fanny Lily Gypsy Davenport was an American actress and theatrical manager. In 1882 she established her own theatrical company, the Fanny Davenport Company, which toured the United States with productions of Fedora, La Tosca, Cleopatra, and Gismonda, among others. She was married first to Edwin H. Price and then to Melbourne MacDowell.
Davenport first performed on stage at the age of eight. As an adult she performed in Philadelphia at the Arch Street Theatre, then with Augustin Daly's company at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York, acting in revivals, new plays, Shakespeare, and other plays. Around 1877 Davenport formed her own company with which she toured around the country. From 1883 to 1895 she also appeared in four plays, FEDORA, GISMONDA, TOSCA, AND CLEOPATRA, by the French dramatist Victorien Sardou in roles originally performed by Sarah Bernhardt.
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