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Frances Anne Kemble (27 November 1809 – 15 January 1893) was a British actress from a theatre family in the early and mid-19th century. She was a well-known and popular writer and abolitionist whose published works included plays, poetry, eleven volumes of memoirs, travel writing, and works about the theatre.
Fanny Kemble (born Nov. 27, 1809, London, Eng.—died Jan. 15, 1893, London) was a popular English actress who is also remembered as the author of plays, poems, and reminiscences, the latter containing much information about the stage and social history of the 19th century.
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Enslavement: The True Story of Fanny Kemble is a 2000 American television film starring Jane Seymour and directed by James Keach. It depicts the life of British actress and abolitionist Fanny Kemble, who sees first-hand the horrors of slavery when she marries an American plantation owner.
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Jan 22, 2003 · The British actress and writer Fanny Kemble’s infamous entanglement with Georgia began in the 1830s when she married Pierce Mease Butler, who in 1836 inherited his grandfather’s legacy, including hundreds of enslaved Africans and several plantations on the Sea Islands.
Fanny Kemble was an abolitionist; her husband Pierce Butler was a slaveholder. With such diametrically opposed views, it's no wonder that their initially blissful marriage would end in divorce.
Born in London as a member of a notable acting family, Fanny was able to prevent the family’s financial ruin by studying acting for three weeks and making a sensational debut as Juliet in Romeo and Juliet. In 1832 she toured the United States and Canada, where she was praised as the first great actress.
Fanny Kemble was one of the first trans-Atlantic celebrities—she crossed the Atlantic 30 times and remained popular in British and American high society from almost the beginning to the end of her life.
