Fanny Cooper

Fanny Cooper has the stage name of Frances Charlotte Dalton married name Frances Dalton Lacy (1814 – 21 April 1872) was an English actress.

Life Cooper was born in Greenwich. Her mother was Miss Walton from Dublin and her father Mr Dalton was an actor. Her father died in 1825 and her mother remarried and became Mrs Cooper. She was acting when a young teenager and found work but little opportunity on the York circuit. She came to notice on the Lincoln circuit where she took the lead in 1837 in Mrs Thomas Robertson's company. The following year she made her first appearance in London at The Haymarket where she played Lydia in The Love Chase on 16 April 1838. The Times was impressed and gave her a glowing review. She went on to take leading parts at Covent Garden and the Haymarket. They toured England together. Her husband's roles included Jacques (As You Like It) and Banquo (Macbeth). He would appear with her when she played Countess Wintersen in The Stranger, Nerissa in The Merchant of Venice, and Virginia in James Sheridan Knowles's Virginius.