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HARRIETTE DEBORAH LACY (1807-1874)

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HARRIETTE

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DEBORAH
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LACY (1807-1874)  ,
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English actress, was
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born in
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London, the daughter of a tradesman named
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Taylor . Her first
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appearance on the
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stage was at
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Bath in 1827 as Julia in The Rivals, and she was immediately given leading parts there in both
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comedy and tragedy . Her first London appearance was in 183o as Nina, in Dimond's
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Carnival of
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Naples . Her Rosalind, Aspatia (to
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Macready's Melantius) in The Bridal, and
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Lady Teazle to the
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Charles
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Surface of
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Walter
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Lacy (1809–1898)—to whom she was married in 1839—confirmed her position and popularity . She was the
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original
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Helen in The Hunchback (1832), and also created Nell Gwynne in
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Jerrold's
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play of that name, and the heroine in his Housekeeper . She was considered the first Ophelia of her
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day . She retired in 1848 .

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