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2 de feb. de 2016 · Nell Gwyn, actress and mistress of Charles II, was born on this day in 1650. Nell's short life didn't have a promising start. According to the diarist Samuel Pepys, she was brought up in a brothel, where she served strong liquor to clients. In 1663, at the age of about twelve, Nell became an 'orange girl' in the King's Theatre, selling fruit to ...
Nell Gwynn was one of the first ever English actresses. Before she joined the King’s Players in the 1660s, all parts in plays – even female ones – were performed by men. And middle-class men at that. Nell acted at the Drury Lane theatre in Covent Garden while still a teenager. She used the stage name ‘Madame Ellen’.
2 February 1650 - 14 November 1687. The remarkable life of Nell Gwynne, most famous of the many mistresses of 'the Merry Monarch', Charles II, a classic rags to riches story, began on 2 February 1650. Nell was was the daughter of Thomas and Ellen Gwynn, her place of birth is disputed, with some sources stating Pipe Well Lane in Hereford, which ...
Brief Life History of Eleanor 'Nell'. When Eleanor 'Nell' Gwynne was born on 2 February 1648, in Westminster, Middlesex, England, her father, Thomas Gwynne, was 28 and her mother, Helena Eleanor Smith, was 23. She died on 14 November 1687, in London, England, at the age of 39, and was buried in London, England.
Nell Gwynne (1650-1687) Born: 2nd February 1650 at Pipewell Lane, Hereford, Herefordshire. Actress. Died : 14th November 1687 at Pall Mall, Westminster, Middlesex. Eleanor - commonly called 'Nell' - Gwynne was born on 2nd February 1650, traditionally in the city of Hereford, although the Coal Yard off Drury Lane, London, may have been her real ...
17 de mar. de 2017 · Nell Gwyn by Gerard Valck, after Sir Peter Lely, ... Vicars were often buried beneath their altars. Nell became friends with Thomas Tenison, the vicar of St. Martin's-in-the-Fields ...
5 de ago. de 2023 · Nell Gwyn. We're travelling back to 17th century England with one of the first actresses in comedy and a mistress to King Charles II, Nell Gwyn. Greg Jenner explores her eventful life.
