Dora Bland

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Dora Bland, better known by her stage name Dorothea Jordan, was a celebrated 18th–19th century Anglo-Irish actress and comedian who became one of the most famous performers of the Georgian era.

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instanceOf Georgian era actress
comedian
human
stage actress
activeInPeriod 18th century
19th century
alsoKnownAs Mrs Jordan
linked to: Dorothea Jordan
birthDate 1761-11-21
birthPlace Kingdom of Ireland
Waterford
burialPlace Saint-Cloud
causeOfDeath illness
childrenCountWithRichardFord 3
childrenCountWithUnknownEarlierRelationship 1
childrenCountWithWilliamDukeOfClarence 10
childrenWith Richard Ford
William, Duke of Clarence
unknown earlier relationship
citizenship British
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain
deathDate 1816-07-05
deathPlace France
Saint-Cloud
describedAs celebrated Anglo-Irish actress and comedian
era Georgian era
ethnicity Anglo-Irish
father Francis Bland
gender female
genre comedy
hasRelative William IV of the United Kingdom
linked to: William IV
influenced later 19th-century comic actresses
languagesSpoken English
mother Grace Phillips
movement Georgian theatre
name Dora Bland
notableFor Georgian theatre performances
comic acting
notableRole comic heroines in Shakespearean plays
numberOfChildren 14
occupation actress
comedian
partner Richard Ford
William IV of the United Kingdom
linked to: William IV

William, Duke of Clarence
performedAt Covent Garden Theatre
Drury Lane Theatre
residence London
linked to: London, England
stageName Dorothea Jordan

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Dorothea Jordan alsoKnownAs Dora Bland
Mrs Jordan’s Profession portrays Dora Jordan as companion of the future William IV
linked to: Dora Bland
Dora Bland name Dora Bland