1. Lilian Adelaide Neilson, born Elizabeth Ann Brown, was a British stage actress.
16 Facts About Adelaide Neilson
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Adelaide Neilson grew up in relative poverty, initially in Skipton and later Guiseley, West Yorkshire.
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Adelaide Neilson attended a Wesleyan Methodist Sunday school and then worked at a mill in Guiseley and as a nursery maid.
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When she was about 15 years old Adelaide Neilson secretly left her home and made her way to London.
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Adelaide Neilson married Philip Henry Lee, the son of a clergyman resident at Stoke Bruerne, Northamptonshire, on 30 November 1864 at St Mary's Church, Newington, Surrey using the name Lilian Adelaide Lizon.
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Adelaide Neilson was 16 or 17 years old at the time of her marriage.
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Adelaide Neilson's achievement was not considered extraordinary, but it attracted some favourable attention, and she was able to continue with acting.
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Adelaide Neilson was a part of a production of The Huguenot Captain by Watts Phillips given by the Princess Theatre on 2 July 1866.
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Adelaide Neilson played the role of the heroine Gabrielle de Savigny.
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Adelaide Neilson made her first American appearance on 18 November 1872, at Booth's Theatre, New York City, as Juliet.
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Adelaide Neilson was praised by American critics who echoed the acclaim she had received from London theatrical audiences.
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Adelaide Neilson played Amy Robsart, heroine of Sir Walter Scott, in May 1873.
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Adelaide Neilson is noted for a fine engagement staged in Brooklyn, New York the same year.
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Adelaide Neilson accepted an engagement at the Lyceum in the autumn that year.
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Adelaide Neilson performed in Cymbeline by William Shakespeare at the Fifth Avenue Theatre in New York on 14 May 1877.
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Adelaide Neilson died suddenly whilst riding in the Bois de Boulogne park, Paris, France on 15 August 1880, aged 32.