Fanny Cooper has the stage name of Frances Charlotte Dalton married name Frances Dalton Lacy (1814 – 21 April 1872) was an

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actress.

Life

Cooper was born in

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. Her mother was Miss Walton from Dublin and her father Mr Dalton was an actor. Her father died in 1825 and her mother remarried and became Mrs Cooper. She was acting when a young teenager and found work but little opportunity on the York circuit. She came to notice on the Lincoln circuit where she took the lead in 1837 in Mrs Thomas Robertson's company. The following year she made her first appearance in London at The Haymarket where she played Lydia in ''

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'' on 16 April 1838.

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was impressed and gave her a glowing review. She went on to take leading parts at Covent Garden and the Haymarket. Fanny Cooper as Helena Published by John Tallis Co 1851

Fanny Cooper as Helena Published by John Tallis Co 1851

On 25 January 1842, Lacy married

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who was an actor who at that time managed ''The Theatre'' in Sheffield. The marriage probably took place at St Paul's church in Covent Garden, but maybe in Sheffield. They toured England together. Her husband's roles included

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'') and

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''). He would appear with her when she played Countess Wintersen in ''The Stranger'', Nerissa in ''

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'', and Virginia in

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's ''

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''. In 1844 her husband seems to have had disagreements in London. She left

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to be replaced by Jane Mordaunt. In December they were both employed in Manchester at the Theatre Royal. On 9 December she opened as Marianna in "The Wife; A Tale of Mantua " again by Knowles with her husband as Leonardo Gonzago. She died in 1872. She had a son but he was mentally ill and died in 1895. Thomas Hailes Lacy died at 1 August 1873 in

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