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Jul 05, 1755 Brecon, Wales, United Kingdom Died on 08 Jun 1831 (aged 75)
Welsh actress
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About Sarah Siddons
- Sarah Siddons (née Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh-born English actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century.
- Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified".She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble.
- She was most famous for her portrayal of the Shakespearean character, Lady Macbeth, a character she made her own, as well as for fainting at the sight of the Elgin Marbles in London.The Sarah Siddons Society, founded in 1952, continues to present the Sarah Siddons Award annually in Chicago to a distinguished actress.
