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4 days ago · Early Life and Fame. Born in 1809, Fanny Kemble was the scion of the Kemble family, a family rooted in the English stage and acting world. Sent from a young age to many girls' schools throughout Europe with the hope of curbing her rebellious nature, Fanny was exposed to many new passions and talents such as literature.
4 days ago · Shocked and disgusted at how enslaved people were given the barebones necessities to survive, Fanny aimed to improve their lives, establishing a hospital and nursery on the plantation and teaching enslaved people how to read.
5 days ago · From April 15, 1861, to September 4, 1861, Sarah Butler Wister, daughter of actress Fanny Kemble and Pierce Butler, kept a diary detailing the events of the Civil War and her reactions to those events.
1 day ago · Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble: Pierce Butler TV film Keith Carradine: 2002 Blood Crime: Morgan McKenna TV film James Caan: 2002 Napoléon: Charles Talleyrand: TV miniseries John Malkovich: 2004 Saint John Bosco: Mission to Love: Marquis Clementi TV miniseries Charles Dance 2004–2006 Stargate Atlantis: Jack O'Neill 4 episodes ...
3 days ago · These based on a true story movies actually hew fairly closely to the true story, taking the minimum number of creative liberties.
4 days ago · Sheridan Knowles's romantic drama was written for Fanny Kemble and first acted by her in 1832 in London. The
4 days ago · Todd Kemble shares his story of losing his brother and almost losing his friend’s and his own life to addiction before getting sober in this LebTown-exclusive interview. In early 2011, Kemble was living with a friend in Newmanstown and working at a water treatment plant in Pine Grove.
