age ~42
from Knoxville, TN
1767
Actress
Dancer
Her early life is unclear; she may have been born at Axminster, Devon.
Nancy Dawson was induced by an increase of salary to move to Drury Lane,
On Christmas Eve 1763 a pantomime called the ‘Rites of Hecate’ was produced at Drury Lane, and on that day and the 26th of the month Nancy Dawson appeared;
which then had words set, a song called " Ballad of Nancy Dawson " attributed to George Alexander Stevens....