Charlotte Charke
Novelist, Author
1713 – 1760
Who was Charlotte Charke?
Charlotte Charke was an English actress, playwright, novelist, autobiographer, and noted transvestite. She acted on the stage from the age of 17, mainly in breeches roles, and took to wearing male clothing off the stage. She assumed the name "Charles Brown" and called her daughter "Mrs. Brown." She suffered a series of failures in her business affairs after working in a variety of trades commonly associated with men, from valet, to sausage maker, farmer, pastry chef, and tavern owner, but finally achieved success under her own name as a writer, ending her life as a novelist and memoirist.
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- Born
- Jan 13, 1713
London - Also known as
- Charles Brown
- Charlotte Secheverell
- Charlotte Cibber
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Richard Charke
(1730/02/04 - )
- Richard Charke
- Nationality
- England
- Profession
- Died
- Apr 6, 1760
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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