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    Charlotte Saunders Cushman (July 23, 1816 – February 18, 1876) was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and...
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  • The Charlotte Cushman Foundation (CCF) is a philanthropic organization in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, incorporated in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania...
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    English Woman's Journal. Her love interests included the actress Charlotte Cushman, with whom she had a 10-year relationship, and the poet Adelaide Anne...
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    leading ladies of the expatriates in Rome was Charlotte Cushman, an American actress. Upon meeting Stebbins, Cushman took a special interest in her work and...
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    used a happy ending. Performances in the 19th century, including Charlotte Cushman's, restored the original text and focused on greater realism. John...
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    famous painter Thomas Sully and had a romantic relationship with Charlotte Cushman. Sully was born on June 3, 1818, to the famous painter Thomas Sully...
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    countless notable actresses over the centuries, including Sarah Siddons, Charlotte Melmoth, Helen Faucit, Ellen Terry, Jeanette Nolan, Vivien Leigh, Isuzu...
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    with some hand-tinting Cute Blond Boy, c. 1860 American actress Charlotte Cushman, 1859 Bare ambrotype plate, c. 1860, showing damage to emulsion and...
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  • American author, notable for her lesbian relationship with actress Charlotte Cushman, whose nephew she was persuaded to marry in order to camouflage their...
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    donations. That year, the electors selected seven new names (including Charlotte Cushman, the first performer to be elected) as well as two of the foreign-born...
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