Charlotte Cushman
American actress (1816-1876) · United States · On the map · Actors · Died at 59
Charlotte Saunders Cushman was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in an expatriate colony of prominent artists and sculptors, some of whom became part of her tempestuous private life.
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Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilees
The Cushman sisters, Charlotte and Susan, as Romeo and Juliet in 1846
Charlotte Cushman and Matilda Hays
Poster advertising Cushman's appearance as Hamlet in February, 1861.
An unfinished portrait of Cushman by Thomas Sully that was kept by Anne Hampton Brewster.
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