Richard Mansfield

actor
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Born:
May 24, 1854 or 1857, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]
Died:
August 30, 1907, New London, Connecticut, U.S.

Richard Mansfield (born May 24, 1854 or 1857, Berlin, Prussia [Germany]—died August 30, 1907, New London, Connecticut, U.S.) was one of the last of the great Romantic actors in the United States. Mansfield was born while his mother was on a concert tour, and until 1872, when they arrived for the first time in New York City, she continued tours of England and the Continent. In the United States young Mansfield turned alternately to singing, painting, and acting. Dissatisfied with his lack of accomplishment, he returned to England in 1877 and during the next six years achieved moderate success as ...(100 of 203 words)