Elizabeth Farren

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Elizabeth Farren (c. 1759–1829) was an English actress.

She was the daughter of George Farren, an actor. Her first London appearance was in 1777 as Miss Hardcastle in She Stoops to Conquer. Subsequent successes established her reputation and she became the natural successor to Mrs Abington when the latter left Drury Lane in 1782. The parts of Hermione, Olivia, Portia and Juliet were in her repertory, but her Lady Betty Modish, Lady Townly, Lady Fanciful, Lady Teazle and similar parts were her favorites. In 1797 she married Edward Smith-Stanley, 12th Earl of Derby (1752–1834). See the life-size portrait of her by Sir Thomas Lawrence in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, shown at the Royal Academy annual exhibition in 1790.

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