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17 de mar. de 2017 · Eleanor 'Nell' Gwynn (or Gwyn or Gwynne) is a London heroine with a rags-to-riches story to rival both Cinderella and Eliza Doolittle. The embodiment of the bawdy Restoration era, the orange ...
Eleanor Gwyn was an English stage actress and celebrity figure of the Restoration period. Praised by Samuel Pepys for her comic performances as one of the first actresses on the English stage, she became best known for being a long-time mistress of King Charles II of England.
7 de nov. de 2018 · Nell Gwyn, who died on this day, is the most famous of the mistresses and became a legend, the only royal mistress in English history to be warmly regarded by the people. Charles was married in 1662 to Portugal's Catherine of Braganza but her pregnancies all ended in miscarriages, causing the King to look elsewhere for a "supplier" of children.
Nell Gwynn was one of the first ever English actresses. Before she joined the King’s Players in the 1660s, all parts in plays – even female ones – were performed by men. And middle-class men at that. Nell acted at the Drury Lane theatre in Covent Garden while still a teenager. She used the stage name ‘Madame Ellen’.
Eleanor "Nell" Gwyn (or Gwynn or Gwynne) (1650 - 14 November 1687), was one of the earliest English actresses to receive prominent recognition, and a long-time mistress of King Charles II. Called "pretty, witty Nell" by Samuel Pepys , she has been called a living embodiment of the spirit of Restoration England and has come to be considered a folk heroine , with a story echoing the rags-to ...
25 de fev. de 2021 · Nell Gwyn’s house, re-identified in 1904 by historians. In March of 1687 Nell suffered a stroke – possibly as a result of syphilis, though there’s no direct evidence of this. She was left paralysed down one side, and remained ill until her death in November.
Nell Gwyn, vero nome Eleanor Gwyn (Hereford, 2 febbraio 1650 – Londra, 14 novembre 1687), è stata un'attrice teatrale inglese celebre per essere stata l'amante di Carlo II d'Inghilterra, fu una delle prime attrici donna del teatro inglese e membro della Merry Gang
