Adrienne Dairolles
Adrienne Dairolles (born 1863 in France; d. 1940 in Cornwall) was an actress.
Biography
[edit]She was the daughter of Pierre Dairolles. In 1885 she attracted notice in England as an amateur. The following year she supported Mrs. Langtry in a play called Les Brebis de Panurge. Later she appeared at the Drury Lane, Globe, and Adelphi theatres. In September 1891, she was Noémie Nioche, in Henry James's play The American, produced at the Opera Comique in London. In 1893 she appeared in New York at the Star Theatre. The following year she played at the Lyceum, and in the production of The Fatal Card at Palmer's Theatre, taking the part of Mercedes.
In 1897, she married W. J. Fisher.
References
[edit]- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). . New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- "Fisher, W. J.". Who's Who, 1903. Vol. 55. 1903. p. 462.
- "WILLIAM JAMES ENGLISH FISHER, ADRIENNE DAIROLLES". Ancestry.com. 18 April 1998.[permanent dead link]
- "[GREEN-L] FISHER interests plus others". Ancestry.com. 29 March 2000.
External links
[edit]- "Adrienne Dairolles, Rollenbild, Kniestück". Porträtsammlung Manskopf. Frankfurt am Main: Goethe Universität.