Mrs. Leslie Carter
Caroline Louise Dudley (June 10, 1857 – November 13, 1937) was an American silent film and stage actress who found fame on Broadway through collaborations with impresario David Belasco. She was a strikingly beautiful and vivacious performer, known as "The American Sarah Bernhardt". She acted under her married name, Mrs. Leslie Carter, which she continued to use even after her divorce. Early life Caroline Dudley was born in Lexington, Kentucky. The exact date is not known but research points to the year 1857. Her father, Orson Dudley, was a wholesale dry goods merchant of means, who gave his daughter every advantage that money could bestow. Her mother was the former Catherine Dudley. Most of Dudley's childhood was spent in Dayton, Ohio. She aspired to the stage from the time she was a girl, but did not get to do so before her marriage. In 1880, married lawyer Leslie Carter. They had one child, a son, Dudley Carter. In 1887, she filed for divorce on the grounds of physical ass ...
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Lexington, Kentucky
Lexington is a city in Kentucky, United States that is the county seat of Fayette County. By population, it is the second-largest city in Kentucky and 57th-largest city in the United States. By land area, it is the country's 28th-largest