RARE! "Czech Actress" Fanny Janauschek Hand Signed 2X3.25 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction a RARE! "Czech Actress" Fanny Janauschek Hand Signed 2X3.25 Card.<br>This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.<br>ES-3114D<br>Francesca Janauschek<br>(July 20, 1829 – November 28, 1904) aka<br>Madame Fanny Janauschek<br>was a Czech born stage actress.<br>Fanny Janauschek was born on July 20, 1829 in<br>Prague<br>. Her mother worked as a theatre laundress and her father as a tailor.<br>She came to America in 1867 and first performed at the<br>Academy of Music<br>,<br>New York City<br>, on October 9, 1867 managed by<br>Max Maretzek<br>. She spoke no English, only German and often worked with all English speaking casts.<br>In three years time since arriving in the US she mastered enough English dialect to communicate with American audiences and decided to make America her home. Some of her performances, especially<br>Medea<br>, were compared to the revered Italian tragedienne<br>Adelaide Ristori<br>. She became famous acting in great Shakespearean parts and other famous parts. She was particularly noted for playing<br>Meg Merrilies<br>, a role<br>Charlotte Cushman<br>made famous. In 1873, Janauschek starred in an adaptation of<br>Charles Dickens<br>'s<br>Bleak House<br>, in which she played both the heroine Lady Dedlock and her murderous French maid Hortense, demonstrating Janauschek's range as an actress.<br>[7]<br>She played this double role in touring companies for decades. In 1900 Madame Janauschek had a stroke and was paralyzed. She died in 1904 partially blind and bankrupt. Friends and actors gathered a collection to have her buried properly in<br>Evergreen Cemetery<br>, Brooklyn New York.<br>[8]<br>[9]<br>Madame Janauschek had no known offspring.