Historic Photo Gallery: 1850 to 1899
1887
Lillie Langtry was known not only for her stage career, but for her legendary beauty,
social status and many notable lovers, including the Prince of Wales. She is noted
as an early example of celebrity endorsement, as she used her high public profile
to sponsor commercial products such as cosmetics and soap. Langtry made her Walnut
debut in January 1887 in
A Wife's Peril and performed a second week in
The Lady of Lyons. She appeared the following year in
As in a Looking Glass, playing opposite Maurice Barrymore.
(Photograph courtesy of the Theatre Collection, Free Library of Philadelphia.)
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