Filippi, Rosina (1866–1930)
Filippi, Rosina (1866–1930)
Italian-born actress and novelist. Born Oct 31, 1866, in Venice, Italy; dau. of Vaneri Filippi and Filippo Filippi (music critic); educated in England; m. H.M. Dowson.
Made stage debut in London in Doctor Davey (1883); other plays include Princess George, The Red Lamp (with Beerbohm Tree), Mamma, The Old Lady, Trilby, Sapho, Quality Street, Arms and the Man, Faust and Arséne Lupin; appeared in her own play The Bennetts (1901); wrote several novels, including The Heart of Monica, and also authored Inhaling and Duologues from Jane Austen.
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