Rose Beaudet (born Eliza Lang; 1862–1947) was an American actress and opera singer of the late 19th and early 20th century who regularly appeared in

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. She was born as Eliza Lang, the daughter of Councilman Lewis H. Lang of Stockton near

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, and his wife Mary Ann Lang. She married S. Arlant Edwards on 15 January 1891, but had divorced him by 1902. She appeared with the C. D. Willard Company in 1903. A

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, Beaudet's appearances on

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included Eva in '' The Beggar Student'' at the Casino Theatre (1883 - 1884), ''Amorita'' at the Casino Theatre (1885), Captain Delauney in '' Erminie'' at the Casino Theatre (1886), a role played in the original London production by Kate Everleigh, '' The Kitchen Belle'' (1889), Mrs St Mirim in ''Miss Innocence Abroad'' at the Bijou Theatre (1894), Catherine in '' Lost, Strayed or Stolen'' at the

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(1896), ''All on Account of Eliza'' at the

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and

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(1900 - 1901), ''The Cardinal'' at the

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(1902), Mrs Jefferson Briscoe in '' The County Chairman'' at Wallack's Theatre (1903 - 1904), Marcie Brook in ''Miss Jack'' at the

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(1911), and Mrs Kennion in ''The Younger Generation'' and in ''Half an Hour'' at the Lyceum Theatre (1913).Bordman, Gerald Martin, ''American Musical Theatre: A Chronicle''
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(2010)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Beaudet, Rose 1862 births 1947 deaths American stage actresses American operatic mezzo-sopranos 19th-century American actresses 20th-century American actresses People from Stockton, California Singers from California Classical musicians from California