Minnie Byron
Louisa Elizabeth Babb (1861–1901), known professionally as Minnie Byron, was an English mezzo-soprano and actress best known for her character performances of Opéra bouffe in the 1880s. However successful, Byron was not a career performer, using her brief public visibility to secure a more stable and prosperous future for herself and her children, an important footnote in social history or specifically, Social history#Women's history, women's history. Biography Byron was born in Woolwich in 1861 to Louisa Frances (''née'' Young) and Henry Babb, a shipwright from Devon. It is unknown where or how she had acquired her education, vocal training or acting skills, but at the age of nineteen, Byron made her West End theatre, West End debut at the Globe Theatre (Newcastle Street) in the chorus of ''Les mousquetaires au couvent, Les Mousquetaires'' in 1880. For the next 5 months, she honed her skills playing minor opéra bouffe roles at The Globe opposite Henry Bracy with no Billi ...
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