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ANN GILBERT (1821-1904)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 7 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ANN See also:GILBERT (1821-1904)  , See also:American actress, was See also:born at See also:Rochdale, See also:Lancashire, on the 21st of See also:October 1821, her See also:maiden name being See also:Hartley . At fifteen she was a See also:pupil at the See also:ballet school connected with the Haymarket See also:theatre, conducted by See also:Paul See also:Taglioni, and became a dancer on the See also:stage . In 1846 she married See also:George H . See also:Gilbert (d . 1866), a performer in the See also:company of which she was a member . Together they filled many engagements in See also:English theatres, moving to See also:America in 1849 . Mrs Gilbert's first success in a speaking See also:part was in 1857 as Wichavenda in See also:Brougham's Pocahontas . In 1869 she joined See also:Daly's company, playing for many years wives to See also:James See also:Lewis's husbands, and old See also:women's parts, in which she had no equal . Mrs . Gilbert held a unique position on the American stage, on See also:account of the admiration, esteem and See also:affection which she enjoyed both in front and behind the footlights . She died at See also:Chicago on the 2nd of See also:December 1904 . See Mrs Gilbert's Stage Reminiscences (1901) .

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