Lee, Jennie (c. 1846–1930)
Lee, Jennie (c. 1846–1930)
English actress. Born in London, England, c. 1846; died May 3, 1930, age 84; dau. of Edwin George Lee (artist); m. J.P. Burnett (dramatist and actor).
Made stage debut in London as Henry in Chilperic (1870); accompanied E.A. Sothern to America to play Mary Meredith in Our American Cousin; became a member of the Union Square Theater Co. (1872), then appeared as Jo in Bleak House for 2 years in San Francisco, a part that would bring her fame in London and throughout the world.
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