Fanny Brough

Frances Fanny Whiteside Brough was a Parisborn British stage actress who came from a literary and dramatic family. She is remembered especially for her many comedy roles performed over a four decadelong career.

Brough was born in Paris, France and Baptized onFebruary 1853 at the Parish Church of St. Peter in Liverpool, England. She was the daughter of Robert Barnabas Brough, a noted journalist, poet and librettist who died a few days prior to her eighth birthday, and his wife Elizabeth, ne Romer, a cousin of British soprano Emma Romer, and a sister of singer Ann Romer, wife of her husbands older brother, writer William Brough. Fanny Broughs father was also the brother of science writer John Cargill Brough and actorcomedian Lionel Brough, a cousin to geologist Robert Brough Smyth and the father of actormanager Lionel Barnabas Brough .

Source: Wikipedia