Biography of Sarah Siddons

Sarah Siddons was an eighteenth century dramatic actress.
When and Where was she Born?
5th July 1755, Brecon, Brecknockshire, Wales.
Family Background:
Sarah Siddons was the eldest child of Roger Kemble, the manager of a small traveling theatre company.
Education:
From her family.
Timeline of Sarah Siddons
1760: Siddons works as a child actor in her father’s traveling company.
1773: She marries William Siddons a fellow actor.
1775: Sarah Siddons first began working in London playing Portia. After several tours of the provinces her reputation began to rise.
1782: She achieves major recognition playing Isabella in David Garrick’s adaptation of “Fatal Marriage”, a play by Thomas Southerne, at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
1803: She follows her Brother John Phillip Kemble onto the stage at Covent Garden where she was to become a resident actress. Over the following years she made her reputation as Britain’s leading actress.

1812: Sarah Siddons’s final stage performance was as Lady Macbeth in June although she continued to give public readings until her death.
1831: On 31 May Siddons begins to suffer from erysipelas on her legs and to experience a high fever.
When and Where did she Die?
8th June 1831, at home at Upper Baker Street, London, England. (On 7 June, she went into a coma, and at about 8 o’clock the following morning she passed away).
Age at Death:
76.
Marriage:
1773 to William Siddons a fellow actor.
Site of Grave:
St. Mary on Paddington Green Churchyard, Paddington, London, England.
Places of Interest:
AVON:
Lived at 33 The Paragon, Bath for several years.
LONDON:
Theatre Royal, Drury Lane.
Royal Opera House, Covent Garden.
KENT:
Tenterden, Ellen Terry’s Home.