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Sarah Siddons

1755 - 1831

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Sarah Siddons (née Kemble; 5 July 1755 – 8 June 1831) was a Welsh actress, the best-known tragedienne of the 18th century. Contemporaneous critic William Hazlitt dubbed Siddons as "tragedy personified". She was the elder sister of John Philip Kemble, Charles Kemble, Stephen Kemble, Ann Hatton, and Elizabeth Whitlock, and the aunt of Fanny Kemble. She was most famous for her portrayal of the Shakespearean character Lady Macbeth, a character she made her own. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Siddons is the 2,742nd most popular actor (down from 2,674th in 2019), the 2,654th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 2,370th in 2019) and the 345th most popular British Actor.

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Among actors, Sarah Siddons ranks 2,742 out of 13,578. Before her are Kathleen Freeman, Henri Vidal, Olga Baclanova, Paul Wesley, Charles Bickford, and John Doman. After her are Jimmy Smits, Kelly Reilly, Steven Hill, Helena Modjeska, Marilù Tolo, and Irrfan Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1755, Sarah Siddons ranks 38. Before her are Alemdar Mustafa Pasha, Jean-Pierre Claris de Florian, Jean-Nicolas Corvisart, Gaspard de Prony, Jean Louis Marie Poiret, and Nicolas-Jacques Conté. After her are Jacques Labillardière, Dorothea Viehmann, Marc-Antoine Parseval, Stanisław Staszic, Nicolas Fuss, and Narayan Rao. Among people deceased in 1831, Sarah Siddons ranks 38. Before her are Ryōkan, Vasily Golovnin, Jedediah Smith, Franz Krommer, Ferenc Kazinczy, and Henry Maudslay. After her are Princess Maria Amalia of Saxony, Johann Gottlieb Friedrich von Bohnenberger, Anton Aloys, Prince of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, Anton Delvig, John Sims, and Josef August Schultes.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Sarah Siddons ranks 2,655 out of 8,785. Before her are Chris Lowe (1959), Mark Rylance (1960), Phil Jones (1992), Edward Herbert, 1st Baron Herbert of Cherbury (1583), Frank Bridge (1879), and Colin Clark (1905). After her are Kelly Reilly (1977), Thomas Hill (1829), Alasdair Gray (1934), David Gemmell (1948), John Taylor (1960), and Paul Freeman (1943).

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Among ACTORS In United Kingdom

Among actors born in United Kingdom, Sarah Siddons ranks 345. Before her are Janet McTeer (1961), Emma Corrin (1995), Donald Moffat (1930), Mark Williams (1959), Peg Entwistle (1908), and Mark Rylance (1960). After her are Kelly Reilly (1977), Paul Freeman (1943), Sylvester McCoy (1943), Jodie Whittaker (1982), Jenna Coleman (1986), and Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (1967).

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