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Adah Isaacs Menken (June 15, 1835 – August 10, 1868) was an American actress, painter and poet, and was the highest earning actress of her time. She was best known for her performance in the hippodrama Mazeppa, with a climax that featured her apparently nude and riding a horse on stage. After great success for a few years with the play in New York and San Francisco, she appeared in a production in London and Paris, from 1864 to 1866. After a brief trip back to the United States, she returned to Europe. However, she became ill within two years and died in Paris at the age of 33.

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Born	Adelaide McCord 15 June 1835 New Orleans, Louisiana,
Died	10 August 1868 (aged 33) Paris, France
Zodiac	Gemini
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G. W. Kneass - · m. 1855; div. 1856 info edit

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Alexander Isaac Menken - · m. 1856; div. 1858 info edit

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John C. Heenan 1834-1873 American boxer · m. 1859; div. 1862 info edit

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Robert Henry Newell 1836-1901 American humorist · m. 1862; div. 1865 info edit

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James Paul Barkley - · m. 1866 info edit

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Louis Dudevant Victor Emanuel info 1st child with James Paul Barkley Male - Celebrity Baby

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Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837-1909 English poet, playwright, novelist, and critic info edit view couple »

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Charles Blondin 1824-1897 tightrope walker and acrobat info edit view couple »

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