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21 mar 2023 · Guest post by Elf Ahearn During the Georgian era, the United Kingdom’s most famous and notorious actress was Mrs. Dorothea Jordan (Dora), whose curly brown hair, tiny waist, perfect legs, and brilliant comic timing made her the Jennifer Aniston of her day. Dora, born Nov. 22, 1761, was the granddaughter of a Welsh clergyman named…
Born Dorothea Bland, she assumed the name of Mrs. Jordan when she became an actress. (There was no Mr. Jordan; she never married. It was a convention of actresses of the day to take on a married name as it was deemed more respectable.) A star at Drury Lane for almost 30 years, she was a great comedienne who was renowned for playing “breeches” roles, i.e. young men, or girls disguised as ...
Dorotea Jordan en el carácter de Hipólita, grabado a media tinta de John Jones, de Londres, 1791, a partir de una pintura de John Hoppner. Dorotea Bland, Mrs. Jordan ( Waterford, 21 de noviembre de 1761- Saint-Cloud, 5 de julio de 1816) fue una actriz irlandesa. Entre 1791 y 1811 fue amante y compañera del duque de Clarence, quien se ...
Jordan, Dorothea nell'Enciclopedia Treccani - Treccani - Treccani. Lavora con noi. DAL VOCABOLARIO. LEMMI CORRELATI. Attrice irlandese (Waterford, Irlanda, 1762 - Saint-Cloud, Seine-et-Oise, 1816); figlia di un'attrice, esordì (1777) al teatro di Crow Street a Dublino; recitò poi a Cork, e (1782) con l' impresario Tate Wilkinson a Leeds e a ...
DOROTHEA JORDAN (1762-1816), Irish actress, was born near Waterford, Ireland, in 1762. Her mother, Grace Phillips, at one time known as Mrs Frances, was a Dublin actress. Her father, whose name was Bland, was according to one account an army captain, but more probably a stage ha
Dorothy Jordan, known as Mrs. Jordan, an Irish actress. She made her début in Dublin when she was fifteen, and after various visissitudes as a provincial actress, she appeared in 1785 at Drury Lane, London, as Peggy in The Country Girl. She speedily won great popularity, exhibiting decided talent in comedy and musical farce, and during a ...
Dorothea Jordan, née Bland (21 November 1761 – 5 July 1816), was an Anglo-Irish actress, as well as a courtesan. She was the long-time mistress of Prince William, Duke of Clarence, later William IV, and the mother of ten illegitimate children by him, all of whom took the surname FitzClarence. She was known professionally as Dorothea Francis and Dorothea Jordan, was informally Dora Jordan ...
