Fanny Davenport: An American Bernhardt
19th century stage actress Fanny or Fannie Davenport (Fanny Lily Gypsey Davenport, 1850-1898) was born of an April 10. Born in London, she was the daughter of actors Edward Loomis Davenport and Fanny Vining Davenport, and the (much) older sister of Harry Davenport (best remembered as Dr. Mead in Gone with the Wind) all of […]