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POPE (1742-1818)  , English actress, daughter of a London theatrical wig-maker, who began playing in a Lilliputian company for Garrick in 1756 . From this she speedily developed into soubrette roles . She was Mrs Candour in The School for Scandal at its first presentation (1777), and thereafter she had many important parts confided to her . She was the life-long friend of Mrs Clive, and erected the monument at Twickenham to the latter's memory . She was not only an admirable actress, but a woman of blameless life, and was praised by all the literary critics of her day—unused to such a combination . She died on the 3oth of July 1818 .