KEMBLE, Frances Anne, English actress and author, daughter of Charles Kemble (q.v.) : b. London, 27 Nov. 1809; d. here, 16 Jan. 1893. She manifested no special predilection for the stage, but made her debut at Covent Garden, then ender the management of her father, in October 1829. On this occasion she played Ju liet, her father taking the part of Romeo, and her mother that of the nurse, with complete success. For the three succeeding years she performed leading parts in tragedy and comedy with great applause, distinguishing herself par ticularly in Tuliet, Portia, Bianca in Milman's 'Fazio,' Julia in the 'Hunchback' (the latter being originally personated by her), Belvidera, Isabella, 'Lady Teazle and Louise de Savoy in her own play of 'Francis the First,' written when she was 17 and received with approba tion. In 1832 she accompanied her father to the United States and met with an enthusiastic reception in the chief cities. In 1834 she was married to Pierce Butler, a Georgia planter, and retired from the stage. The union proving un happy, a separation took place at the end of a few years, and Mrs. Butler fixed her residence in Lenox, Mass. In 1849 she secured a divorce and resumed the name of Kemble. Her first
work in prose, (1878-79); 'Records of Later Life' (1882) ; 'Notes upon Some of Shakespeare's Plays> (1882);