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Lillie Langtry. Emilie Charlotte ('Lillie') Langtry (née Le Breton) Later Victorian Portraits Catalogue Entry. A celebrated society beauty, Langtry gained notoriety as the mistress of the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) from 1877-80. She first appeared on stage in 1881 and toured the United States on several occasions between 1882 and ...
Signature. Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed " The Jersey Lily ", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer. [1] Born on the island of Jersey, upon marrying she moved to London in 1876.
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May 3, 2019 · Her only child, a daughter named Jeanne [Jeanne Marie Langtry Malcolm], was born in 1881 in a cottage on the Isle of Jersey. The child was reared by Lillie’s mother and governesses. Meantime, Lillie, coached by Mrs Henrietta Labouchere, made her debut as an actress in January 1882, in London’s Haymarket theater. Some critics acclaimed her.
Lillie Langtry, née Emilie Charlotte Le Breton (1853-1929) – One of the most famous actresses of the 19th century, Langtry was born in Jersey, an island off the coast of Normandy, France on October 13, 1853. She was the only daughter of the Dean of Jersey. Having six brothers, she was a “tomboy” in her youth and never received a formal ...
c. 1885W & D Downey. carte de visite photograph on card ( support: 10.3 cm x 6.2 cm, image: 9.8 cm x 5.1 cm ) Lillie Langtry (1853-1929) was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in Jersey in 1853. Aged nineteen she married the son of a Belfast shipowner with whom she moved to London. There, she rose to prominence as a professional beauty and style ...
Lillie was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in 1853, her father William Corbet Le Breton, was the Dean of Jersey and Rector of St Saviour and she grew up at the Parish Rectory. She was known as Lillie after her own childish attempts to pronounce Emilie and was the only girl in a family of six boys. ‘Living the life of my brothers transformed ...
Dec 15, 2017 · Publications: The Days I Knew (1925). Lillie Langtry was born Emilie Charlotte Le Breton in 1853 on the Isle of Jersey (eleven miles long by five miles wide, a few miles off the coast of France). She was a roughneck and playmate of six brothers in a family with a glorious past. A Le Breton fought at the Battle of Hastings in 1066 beside William ...
