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Miss Fleming, afterwards Mrs. Stanley (1796?–1861), was an English actress.
Fleming was born, according to Oxberry's ‘Dramatic Chronology,’ 31 October 1796, but more probably four years earlier. She is said to have been a granddaughter of John West Dudley Digges. In Liverpool and Manchester she played Lady Macbeth, Helen McGregor, and other characters. She married George Stanley, a low comedian, who appeared 9 October 1834 at the Lyceum as Nicholas Trefoil in ‘Before Breakfast,’ went to America, and there died.
Mrs. Stanley's first appearance in London took place at the Lyceum, assumably near the same date. She is chiefly remembered in connection with the Haymarket, where she played old women both in comedy and tragedy. She was a tall, well-built woman, and seems to have been a fine actress. Her daughter, Emma Stanley, born 13 Nov. 1823, made her first appearance at the Lyceum, in May 1843, as Catherine in ‘The Exile.’ Mrs. Stanley died suddenly of bronchitis in Jermyn Street, 17 January 1861, at the reputed age of sixty-nine years.
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Fleming, Miss". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900.Categories:- 1796 births
- 1861 deaths
- 19th-century women
- English women
- 19th-century actors
- English stage actors
- Deaths from bronchitis
- Year of birth uncertain
- Actors from London
- English actor stubs
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