Fanny Addison (December 1847 – 7 January 1937), also known as Mrs. Henry Mader Pitt, was an English actress professionally known as Fanny Addison Pitt.
Born in December 1847 in Birmingham, England, Fanny was the eldest daughter of the comedian, Edward Phillips Addison and sister of the actress
Carlotta Addison
Carlotta Addison (July 1849 – 1914) was an English actress. Stage appearances included leading roles in original productions of plays by T. W. Robertson, W. S. Gilbert, H. J. Byron and Arthur Wing Pinero.
Life
Addison was born in Liverpool in ...
(1849–1914).
She appeared in 1867 in the
Adelphi Theatre
The Adelphi Theatre is a West End theatre, located on the Strand in the City of Westminster, central London. The present building is the fourth on the site. The theatre has specialised in comedy and musical theatre, and today it is a receiv ...
London. The next year, she was at the
Queen's Theatre, Long Acre in ''
La Vivandière
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La, LA, or L.A. may also refer to:
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* La (musical note), or A, the sixth note
* "L.A.", a song by Elliott Smith on ''Figure ...
'' by
W. S. Gilbert. In 1870, she played Lady Psyche in Gilbert's ''
The Princess''. In 1881, she was performing in New York.
She died on 7 January 1937.
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*left-to-right: Fanny Addison Pitt, Sydney Cowell and
Ethel Barrymore
Ethel Barrymore (born Ethel Mae Blythe; August 15, 1879 – June 18, 1959) was an American actress and a member of the Barrymore family of actors. Barrymore was a stage, screen and radio actress whose career spanned six decades, and was regarde ...
during dress rehearsal fo
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines, 1901*Fanny A. Pitt, Sydney Cowell and Ethel Barrymore in the same scene (with
H. Reeves-Smith) during the run o
Captain Jinks of the Horse Marines
1847 births
1937 deaths
19th-century English actresses
Actresses from Birmingham, West Midlands
English stage actresses
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