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Toby Claude
Toby Claude (born Harriette Mary Kavanagh; January 29, 1877 – October 27, 1962) was an Irish actress and singer in vaudeville, on the Broadway stage, and in silent films. Early life Harriette Mary Kavanagh was born in Dublin. Her father Richard Kavanaugh was Irish; her mother Angelina Claude was an "English burlesque actress". She began using the name "Toby" as a girl, after a dog on the cover of ''Punch'' magazine. Career Toby Claude's stage credits included roles in ''The Belle of New York'' (1900), ''The Cadet Girl'' (1900), ''The Prima Donna'' (1901), '' Floradora'' (1902), ''The Belle of Broadway'' (1902), ''The Baroness Fiddlesticks'' (1904). and ''Fantana'' (1906). Theatre writers often mentioned her short stature (she was well under five feet in height): "Miss Toby Claude salmost sufficiently diminutive to rank as an eccentric Lilliputian," commented one in 1904. Her vaudeville act included popular songs. She toured Hawaii and Australia in 1910. During World War ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dublin
Dublin (; , or ) is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. On a bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, a part of the Wicklow Mountains range. At the 2016 census of Ireland, 2016 census it had a population of 1,173,179, while the preliminary results of the 2022 census of Ireland, 2022 census recorded that County Dublin as a whole had a population of 1,450,701, and that the population of the Greater Dublin Area was over 2 million, or roughly 40% of the Republic of Ireland's total population. A settlement was established in the area by the Gaels during or before the 7th century, followed by the Vikings. As the Kings of Dublin, Kingdom of Dublin grew, it became Ireland's principal settlement by the 12th century Anglo-Norman invasion of Ireland. The city expanded rapidly from the 17th century and was briefly the second largest in the British Empire and sixt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
