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Lillie Langtry

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

Lillie Langtry 1853–1929, English actress, b. Jersey, Channel Islands; known as the Jersey Lily. One of the first English women of elevated social rank to go on the stage, she made her debut at the Haymarket theater in 1881 after her husband, a diplomat, failed financially. Never considered a great actress, Langtry was noted for her great beauty and for her affair with Edward VII . Oscar Wilde wrote Lady Windermere's Fan for her. In 1899 she married Sir Hugo Gerald de Bathe.

Bibliography: See her memoirs, The Days I Knew (1925); P. Sichel, The Jersey Lily (1958).

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Langtry, Lillie

A Dictionary of World History | 2000 | Copyright

Langtry, Lillie (born Emilie Charlotte le Breton) (1853–1929) British actress. Born in Jersey and the daughter of the dean of the island, she was noted for her beauty and became known as ‘the Jersey Lily’ from the title of a portrait of her painted by Sir John Millais. She made her stage début in 1881 and was one of the first actresses from an aristocratic background. She became the mistress of the Prince of Wales, later Edward VII.

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