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Dame Madge Kendal DBE (born Margaret Shafto Robertson; 15 March 1848 – 14 September 1935) was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies.
Kendal, Madge (1849–1935) English actress who was enormously famous in her day. Name variations: Dame Madge Kendal; Mrs. Kendal; Margaret Brunton Robertson. Born Margaret Shafto (also seen as Sholto) Robertson on March 15, 1849 (some sources cite 1848) in Grimsby, Lincolnshire, England; died on September 14, 1935, in Hertfordshire, England ...
Dame Madge Kendal DBE (born Margaret Shafto Robertson; 15 March 1848 – 14 September 1935) was an English actress of the Victorian and Edwardian eras, best known for her roles in Shakespeare and English comedies.
Became the first woman to receive the freedom of Grimsby. 1933 Published her memoirs Dame Madge Kendal by Herself, written with the assistance of Rudolf de Cordova. Issues. Her father was reluctant that she marry unless she agreed she and her husband, William Kendal, would act together.
Dame Madge Kendal. Born Margaret Shafto Robertson on 15th March 1848 at Cleethorpes into a theatrical family. She was the last of 22 children of William Robertson, theatre manager and his wife Margheretta, an actress.
Dame Margaret Kendal and William Hunter Kendal were English actor-managers, husband and wife, who, by their personal and professional example, brought social respectability to the acting profession and whose theatrical company trained many performers who afterward attained eminence.
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Madge Kendal (1848-1935), Actress; wife of William Hunter Kendal. Dame Madge Kendal (née Margaret Shafto Robertson, later Grimston) Sitter in 45 portraits
