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Anne Jane Hartley Gilbert

American dancer and actress
Also known as: Anne Jane Hartley
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Anne Jane Hartley Gilbert (born Oct. 21, 1821, Rochdale, Lancashire, Eng.—died Dec. 2, 1904, Chicago, Ill., U.S.) was an American dancer and actress, popular on the 19th-century stage for her character roles. Anne Hartley grew up in London. At age 12 she began studying dance in the ballet school of Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket. She danced in the corps at Her Majesty’s and Drury Lane theatres until 1846, when she married George H. Gilbert, a...

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