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Mabel Burnege

1885 – 1972

English actress in musical comedies and operettas

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Lived 1885 – 1972 (aged 86–87). Mabel Burnege was a British actor.

Mabel Burnege (born about 1880 – died July 2, 1972) was an English actress in musical comedies and operettas.

Early life Burnege graduated from the Royal College of Music in London.

Career Mabel Burnege toured with the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, performing in Gilbert and Sullivan productions, from 1903 to 1907, including a tour in South Africa. She appeared on the London stage, including roles in Bob (1903), The Mountaineers (1909), Fallen Fairies (1909), The Islander (1910), The Chocolate Soldier (1910-1911), Nightbirds (1912), The Laughing Husband (1913), and Within the Law (1913-1914).

Burnege had one Broadway credit, in The Merry Countess (1912), with an English company. She also toured North America with this show, for about a year. She was considered "an English beauty" and "very clever" by one 1913 reviewer. She was also described as the "special chum" of the star of that show, José Collins.

Personal life Mabel Burnege died in 1972, aged about 90 years.

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English actress in musical comedies and operettas

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Mabel Burnege was born in 1885.

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Mabel Burnege died on 2 July 1972.

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Mabel Burnege was an actor.

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Mabel Burnege was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Mabel Burnege

· Wikidata: Q63974071

· DBpedia: Mabel Burnege

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