Charlotte Cushman
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Charlotte Saunders Cushman was an American stage actress. Her voice was noted for its full contralto register, and she was able to play both male and female parts. She lived intermittently in Rome, in
Cushman in 1859
Charlotte Cushman as Meg Merrilees
The Cushman sisters, Charlotte and Susan, as Romeo and Juliet in 1846
Charlotte Cushman and Matilda Hays
Matilda Hays
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Matilda Mary Hays was a 19th-century English writer, journalist and part-time actress. With Eliza Ashurst, Hays translated several of George Sand's works into English. She co-founded the English Woman
Charlotte Cushman
…left a portrait of Cushman by Thomas Sully as a bequest to the Library of Philadelphia. In 1848, Cushman met journalist, writer and part-time actress Matilda Hays. The two women became close friends, and after a short amount of time and some correspondence, they became involved in an affair. For the next ten years…
Matilda Hays (standing) with Charlotte Cushman, 1858