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Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. Occupation. Actress. Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. [1] 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 ...
Cushman would later become one of the most famous people in the world, and America’s first bonafide celebrity. But when Whitman first saw her, she was an up-and-coming performer; the role of ...
Nov 14, 2022 · Cushman in the role of the gypsy Meg Merriles, c. 1855-1856 Heritage Art/Heritage Images via Getty Images Charlotte Cushman in the role of Romeo, c. 1879 Sepia Times/Universal Images Group via ...
- Alice George
New-York Historical Society. July 20, 2020. in Women at the Center. Uncovering “Lady Romeo:” A Q&A about Charlotte Cushman with Biographer Tana Wojczuk. Born in 1816, Charlotte Cushman rose to fame as a dramatic Shakespearean actress, enthralling audiences on two continents. Some of her greatest fans included President Abraham Lincoln, Walt ...
Jul 23, 2020 · July 23, 2020. Charlotte Cushman was a queer, cross-dressing 19th-century Shakespearean actress who rose from poverty to become America’s first celebrity. Walt Whitman celebrated her genius, Louisa May Alcott had a stage-struck fit over her, and she was, for a time, as famous as Charles Dickens.
- Tana Wojczuk
Oct 25, 2021 · October 25, 2021. The buskers’ cries followed Charlotte Cushman as she passed under the obelisk in the Piazza del Popolo, the People’s Square. Turning onto the Via del Corso, Rome’s busiest thoroughfare, she passed into the shade of candy-colored buildings that rose on either side. By the time Charlotte and her friends moved there in 1852 ...
Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) 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 ...
