Leclercq, Rose |
ACTOR (ENGLAND) |
BORN 2 Feb 1845, Liverpool - DIED 2 Apr 1899, London: Chelsea CAUSE OF DEATH influenza and bronchial pneumonia GRAVE LOCATION London: Kensal Green Cemetery, Harrow Road, Kensal Green (037/2 (16870)) |
Rose Leclercq was the fourth daughter of ballet master Charles Leclercq (1797-1861). She debuted as a danseuse at the Princess's Theatre in London in 1854. In 1860 she appeared in London in "The Corsican Brothers" by Dion Boucicault and in 1861 she was Desdemona next to Albert Fechter in "Othello". She married the horse dealer Charles Perry Fuller in 1864. Their son was the actor Fuller Mellish (1865-1935). She appeared in several more plays by Dion Boucicault, among them "After Dark" (1868). In 1895 she was the first to play Lady Bracknell in Oscar Wilde's" The Importance of Being Ernest". Rose was one of the mourners during the burial of the novelist Wilkie Collins. Her sister Carlotta Leclercq was also a well known actress. Related persons has a connection with Collins, Wilkie is brother/sister of Leclercq, Carlotta is grandparent of Mellish, Vera Fuller |
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Sources Paths of Glory, The Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery, London, 1997 Rose Leclercq - Wikipedia (EN) |