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Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835 – August 10, 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage.
Adah Isaacs Menken (15 de junio de 1835 – 10 de agosto de 1868) fue una actriz, pintora, y poetisa estadounidense. Biografía. Nació como Adah Bertha Theodore en Nueva Orleans, Luisiana, de madre francesa criolla y del negro libre Auguste Theodore. Bailó como niña en Nueva Orleans, La Habana y Texas.
Adah Isaacs Menken (born June 15, 1835, Memphis, Tenn., U.S.—died Aug. 10, 1868, Paris, France) was an American actress and poet widely celebrated for her daring act of appearing (seemingly) naked, strapped to a running horse. The facts concerning Menken’s early life are obscured by later and confused publicity stories.
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In her short but remarkable life, actress Adah Isaacs Menken became legendary for her scandalous defiance of convention. One of the most glamorous celebrities of the 1860s, Menken also cultivated a literary following. She wrote poetry and developed relationships with Walt Whitman and Charles Dickens, among others.
24 de mar. de 2016 · Adah Isaacs Menken as Leon, a Mexican slave, in John Brougham’s play Child of the Sun, ca. 1866. This is one of almost 100 images of Menken contained in The Huntington’s copy of Infelicia, an extra-illustrated book of Menken’s poetry. Photo by Napolean Sarony.
Adah Isaacs Menken (15 de junio de 1835 – 10 de agosto de 1868) fue una actriz, pintora, y poetisa estadounidense. Datos rápidos Información personal, Nombre de nacimiento ... Adah Isaacs Menken. Adah Isaacs Menken ( Napoleon Sarony, 1865). Información personal.
Adah Menken was to the San Francisco of Civil War days what Tetrazzini was to the city in the early years of the twentieth century. She achieved her success and fame in San Francisco. She was a part of San Francisco life.
