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Elizabeth O'Neill (1791 – 29 October 1872), also Eliza, was an Irish actress.
Biography
Born in Drogheda, she was the daughter of an actor and stage manager.[1] Her first appearance on the stage was made at the Crow Street Theatre in 1811 as the Widow Cheerly in Andrew Cherry's The Soldier's Daughter, and after several years in Ireland she came to London and made an immediate success as Juliet at Covent Garden in 1814. For five years she was the favorite of London town in comedy as well as tragedy, but in the latter she particularly excelled, being frequently compared, not to her disadvantage, with the great Sarah Siddons.[2]
In 1819 she married William Wrixon Becher, an Irish M.P., who was to be created a baronet in 1831. After her marriage, she never returned to the stage.[2][1]
References
- ^ a b "CollectionsOnline - Name". Garrick.ssl.co.uk. Retrieved 28 July 2018.
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One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "O'Neill, Eliza". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 111.
One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the External links
- Eliza O'Neill in Actors and Actresses of Great Britain and the United States, Volume 2, edited by Brander Matthews, Laurence Hutton
- Eliza O'Neill in Bow Bells, by J. Dicks
- Eliza O'Neill in The Autographic Mirror, Volume 3
- Beecher, Lady Wrixon nee Eliza O'Neill in Appletons' Annual Cyclopaedia and Register of Important Events: Embracing ...
- Miss O'Neill (Lady Wrixon Beecher) in Illustrious Irishwomen: Being Memoirs of Some of the Most Noted ..., Volume 1, by Elizabeth Casey
- Eliza O'Neill at historyswomen.com