Alice Fischer (January 16, 1869 – June 25, 1947) was an American

stage actress An actor or actress is a person who portrays a character in a performance. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. The analogous Greek term is (), lite ...

born in

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. Her one film appearance was the now lost 1917 '' National Red Cross Pageant''. She made her stage debut in 1887 in a play called ''Nordeck''. Her Broadway debut was on 3 December 1888 at the

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, playing Minna in ''Little Lord Fauntleroy''. In 1892 she played Agrippina in a production of ''Nero'' at the

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. In 1893 she toured with legendary

Joseph Jefferson Joseph Jefferson III, commonly known as Joe Jefferson (February 20, 1829 – April 23, 1905), was an American actor. He was the third actor of this name in a family of actors and managers, and one of the most famous 19th century American comedia ...

. She founded the Twelfth Night Club in New York and was the President of the organization for over 20 years. She married Shakespearian actor William Harcourt King (1866-1923) on May 7, 1893.

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File:Actress Alice Fischer c. 1896 (studio portrait).png, Fischer c. 1896 (studio portrait) File:Actress Alice Fischer in an unknown role.png, Fischer in an unknown role File:Actress Alice Fischer as Lola in "Silver Falls".png, Fischer as Lola in ''Silver Falls'' (1896)

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Alice Fischer portraits
NY Public Library, Billy Rose collection) {{DEFAULTSORT:Fischer, Alice 1869 births 1947 deaths Actresses from Indiana Actors from Terre Haute, Indiana 20th-century American actresses