Kahn, Florence (1878–1951)
Kahn, Florence (1878–1951)
American actress. Name variations: Lady Beerbohm; Mrs. Max Beerbohn. Born Mar 3, 1878, in Memphis, TN; died Jan 13, 1951, in Rapallo, Italy; m. Sir Max Beerbohm (critic and essayist), 1910.
Made stage debut on tour in The Girl I Left Behind (1897); became identified with Independent Theatre movement in NY; appeared in such plays as El Gran Galeoto, Ties, The Three Musketeers, King Henry V (with Richard Mansfield), Don Caesar's Return, Rosmersholm, When We Dead Awaken, and Hedda Gabler as Mrs. Elvsted in support of Alla Nazimova's Hedda (1907); made London debut as Rebecca West in Rosmersholm (1908); lived in Italy on marriage.
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