Alexander Salvini

Alexander Salvini (born Alessandro Salvini, December 21, 1861 – December 15, 1896) was an Italian actor and a member of the Salvini family of actors. He spent the majority of his acting career working in America, and became a celebrity in the United States. He was active on the stage from February 1882 through the Spring 1896. In the last year of his stage career he battled illness after contracting typhoid fever while performing in Canada. He returned to Italy in the Summer of 1896 where he lived for the last months of his life. He married the actress Maud Dixon Salvini a few months before dying at the age of 34.

Life and career

The third son of actor Tommaso Salvini and actress Guglielmina Zocchi, In his later career he worked under theatrical manager W. M. Wilkison.